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词汇 officiate
释义 officiate
verb[ I ]
 formaluk /əˈfɪʃ.i.eɪt/ us /əˈfɪʃ.i.eɪt/
to be in charge of or to lead a ceremony or other public event: 主持(仪式或其他公众活动)
A priest officiated at the wedding.一位神父主持了婚礼。
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officiate
verb[ I ]
us/əˈfɪʃ·iˌeɪt/
to be in charge of a sports event and make decisions about the rules of play, or to lead a ceremony or other public event:
Lambert was a football official for three decades and officiated in ten postseason games.
A judge officiated at the wedding.

Examples of officiate


officiate
The officiating priest places wax and mutton fat in their hands.
The judge is in a solemn, censorious setting, officiating over important matters.
Order and ministry being one, the laity could not preach, officiate, or confess.
An alternative explanation is that it was originally devised to prevent contamination between the criminal, citizen and those officiating at the trial.
One member of this house officiated at ceremonies conducted at the shrine.
In some cases these are relatively mundane services, such as children's schooling or officiating at marriages and funerals.
She is unable to be with us this afternoon, because she is officiating at the opening of a major highways project.
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He remained in the tabernacle, however, to officiate in other capacities on later occasions.
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Civilian officiating chaplains are normally paid at capitation rates.
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I had the misfortune to officiate at the opening ceremony of a sewage outfall in my constituency last year.
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Again, as regards the officiating clergy, the rate of pay, in my opinion, is quite amazing.
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I sometimes think that young celibate parsons, who talk about the difficulties of marriage and who officiate at marriage ceremonies, know very little about marriage.
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He can apparently officiate anywhere else, in any church or building which has no bell or steeple.
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The driver who'd been drinking was officiating priest.
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As regards the question about supervision, the immediate supervision of the officiating clergy rests with the superintendents of the hospitals concerned.
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