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　　equipment n. [U]设备；装备

　　①A good sleeping bag is an essential part of every camper'sequipment.

　　一个完好的睡袋是每个露宿者必不可少的装备。

　　②The equipment of the photographic studio was (be) expensive at that time.

　　在那时，这个摄影室的装备花费巨大。

　　[名师点津]　equipment通常用作不可数名词；"一件设备"应表达为"a piece of equipment"。

　　(1)equip v．　　　　 　 　 配备；装备

　　equip ... with ...＝be equipped with

　　 用......装备......

　　equip sb. for ... 使某人为......而有准备/有能力

　　equip sb. to do sth. 让某人具备做某事的能力

　　(2)be well/badly equipped 设备精良的/较差的

　　③The boys equipped themselves with food and water and then set off.

　　男孩们备好食物和水就出发了。

　　④We must equip young teachers to_deal (deal) with difficult children.

　　我们必须让年轻教师具备处理有问题学生的能力。

　　2．(教材P34)I was appointedas a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) twenty years ago.

　　20年前，作为一名火山学家，我被派到夏威夷火山观测站(HVO)工作。

　　appoint vt. 任命；委派；约定；指定(时间、地点等)

　　(1)appoint sb. as/to be ...　　　 任命某人为......

　　appoint sb. to do sth. 委派某人做某事

　　(2)appointment n. 任命；约会

　　make an appointment with sb. 与某人约会

　　have an appointment with sb. 与某人有约会

　　keep/break an appointment 守/违约

　　①We appointed him to be president of the club.

　　我们任命他为俱乐部主任。

　　②We are considering appointing him to_act (act) as secretary.

　　我们在考虑指定他当秘书。

　　③I left early because I had an appointment (appoint) later that day.

因为那天晚些时候我有个约会，就早点离开了。