assign
assign
verb
[with obj.]
assignable
adjective
assigner
noun
assignor
noun
verb
[with obj.]
- allocate (a job or duty)
分配，分派（工作，职责）
Congress had assigned the task to the agency.
国会把那项任务交给了代理机构。
[with two objs]his leader assigned him this mission.
领导派他执行这项任务。
■(常作 be assigned)appoint (someone) to a particular job, task, or organization
指派，委派（某人）（担任某职务、执行某任务或去某机构）
she has been assigned to a new job.
她被派去担任新职务了。
[with obj. and infinitive]he was assigned to prosecute the case.
他被指派对那个案子提起诉讼。 - designate or set (something) aside for a specific purpose
（为特定目的）指定；拨出，留出
managers happily assign large sums of money to travel budgets.
经理们高兴地划出一大笔钱作旅游经费。
■(assign something to)attribute something as belonging to
把…归属于，把…归因于
it is difficult to decide whether to assign the victory to Godwin.
很难决定胜利是否属于戈德温。 - transfer (legal rights or liabilities)
转让（法律权利，债务）
they will ask you to assign your rights against the airline.
他们会要求你转让你对航空公司的权利。
- (Law). another term for assignee (in sense 1)
(律)。 同 assignee (义项 1)
assignable
adjective
assigner
noun
assignor
noun
- (限动词义项3 2)
- Middle English : from Old French asigner, assiner, from Latin assignare, from ad- 'to' + signare 'to sign'
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