| 单词 | assign |
| 释义 | Word family noun assignment verb assign as·sign /əˈsaɪn/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] 1 JOB/TASKto give someone a particular job or make them responsible for a particular person or thing 分配，分派，指派〔任务〕assign somebody a task/role I’ve been assigned the task of looking after the new students. 指派给我的工作是照顾新来的学生。assign somebody to something Jan’s been assigned to the Asian Affairs Bureau. 简被派到亚洲事务部。assign somebody to do something Madison was assigned to investigate a balloon accident. 麦迪逊被派去调查一宗气球事故。assign somebody something Assign each student a partner. 给每个学生分派一个搭档。2 DECIDEto give a particular time, value, place etc to something 确定〔时间、价值、地点等〕 How much time have you assigned for the meeting? 你给这个会议定了多长时间？assign something to something A code was assigned to each batch of work. 每批作业都确定了一个编号。3 GIVEto give money, equipment etc to someone to use 分配；分派assign something to somebody A personal bodyguard had been assigned to her. 已给她派了一个私人保镖。assign somebody something They assigned me a small room. 他们分配给我一个小房间。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusassign• After her promotion took effect, she was assigned a research job.• As a general rule, the costs of pledging and assigning are about equal.• Academic freedom does not protect materials, discussions, or comments that are not relevant to the assigned subject.• You have been assigned the task of keeping the records up to date.• What was she assigned to do that day if you know?• I have continued to stay at the Abbey of Holy Rood involved in the matter assigned to me.• Ory and his deputy, Gen. Gustave Houphouët Koassi, were assigned to other unspecified duties.• The job of producing a development program was assigned to the junior minister.• He was asked to assign two of his employees to the inventory control department.• The ticket counter folks refused to assign us a seat, sending us to the gate.assign somebody something• They assigned me a small room.assign something to somebody• Each of the children will be assigned to the appropriate classes.From Longman Business Dictionaryassignas‧sign /əˈsaɪn/ verb [transitive]1to give someone a particular job or task, or send them to work in a particular place or for a particular personassign something to somebodyHis duties have now been assigned to the deputy chairman.assign somebody to somethingShe was assigned to the US Embassy in Moscow.assign somebody to do somethingHe was assigned to work in a Chicago bank.2to give a particular amount of time, money, or resources to somethingHow much time have you assigned for the meeting?3to decide that something has a particular value or is of a particular qualitythe difficulty of assigning a value to an hour of houseworkThe group has been assigned a triple A rating by Standard and Poor’s.4LAW to give something such as property to another person formally, by contractThey only assign ownership when the house is complete. → see also deed of assignment —assignor noun [countable]The assignor of the lease is released from future liability under this lease.→ See Verb tableOrigin assign (1300-1400) Old French assigner, from Latin assignare, from ad- “to” + signare “to mark”as·sign verbChineseSyllable make responsible Business a to give or someone job particular Corpus them |
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