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任
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Definitions
- 1. to assign
- 2. to appoint
- 3. to take up a post
- 4. office
- 5. responsibility
- 6. to let
- 7. to allow
- 8. to give free rein to
- 9. no matter (how, what etc)
- 10. classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
Example Sentences
1 shown這間圖書館有 任 何英語雜誌嗎?
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Words Containing 任
full-time
to make it one's business
to take up a post; to start in a new job
to appoint
any
Dzerzhinsk, Russian city
no-confidence motion
to appoint
taskbar (computing)
corporate social responsibility (CSR)
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
Rencheng district of Jining city 濟寧市|济宁市, Shandong
to promote and appoint
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)
not to be up to the task (idiom)
qualified
to let sb do whatever they want
to attend
sense of responsibility
mandate (territory administration)
to transfer
lexical decision task (psychology)
multitasking (computing)
to fill a post
to assume office of
responsible person
laissez-faire
trusty
appointment to an important post
see 走馬上任|走马上任[zǒu mǎ shàng rèn]
to occupy a post currently
to let (sth happen)
to evade responsibility
deeply obliged
to give classes
concurrent post
civil liability (law)
term of office
vote of no-confidence
to take responsibility
to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies
(idiom) to appoint people by favoritism; to practice cronyism (or nepotism)
-elect
Special Duties Unit, Hong Kong special police
to appoint
to be promoted to
any one of (a list of possibilities)
to take office
system of job responsibility
at fault
Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[táo huā shàn]
(idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities; to put the right people in the right places
chairman of department
as you see fit
newly-appointed
then (as in \the then chairman\)
competency
to leave office
Nintendo Direct (announcement presentation)
to retire
to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋
to appoint (sb to a post)
to set apart
to ignore
(idiom) to take office; to assume a post
accident occurring due to negligence
to get trampled on (idiom)
director of the local committee of the Women's Federation
Nintendo
to leave office
(literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task
Simon Yam Tat-Wah (1955-), Hong Kong actor and film producer
liability
any
(of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)
motion of no confidence (against the government, in parliamentary debates)
successor
director
letter of appointment
permanent member state (of the UN Security Council)
China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)
any
mission; assignment; task; duty; role
to trust
to take over (as minister, manager etc)
see 走馬上任|走马上任[zǒu mǎ shàng rèn]
Ren An (-c. 90 BC), Han Dynasty general, also called Ren Shaoqing 任少卿
period in office
to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others (idiom)
laissez-faire policy; non-interference
no matter what
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
dissipated
to resign (a position)
chivalrous
teacher in charge of a class
Ren county in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
to bear joint responsibility for sth
heavy responsibility
to take the blame
to take a laissez-faire attitude
to let things take their course (idiom)
permanent
rotating appointment (e.g. presidency of EU)
a heavy load and a long road
willful
sense of responsibility
to be appointed or elevated to a post
to allow (sb to have his head)
to appoint and dismiss
to appoint (to a position)
successor
at one's discretion
to work hard without complaint (idiom)
to appoint
first person to be appointed to a post
Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army
to travel to take up a new post
special appointment
certificate of appointment (to government office)
to act on impulse
next to serve
to succeed sb in a job
term of office
responsibility
to let (sb do sth)
a load
Rencheng district of Jining city 濟寧市|济宁市, Shandong
(computing) task manager
to take office
presidential term of office
deputy director
to let oneself go
liable
to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
to continue in (a political) office
to appoint
predecessor
editor in charge
extremely (pleased, grateful etc)
Renqiu, county-level city in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州[cāng zhōu], Hebei
free kick
to allow (sth to happen)