新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

assignIELTS重点词汇

英 [əˈsaɪn]

[VERB]

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VERB. 动词

assigns , assigning , assigned
1. [T 及物动词] 布置（任务）
If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
近义词
allot , allocate
双语例句
例：
When I taught, I would assign a topic to children that they would write about.
教书时，我会给孩子们布置写作题目。
例：
The task is sometimes jointly assigned to accounting and engineering departments.
这项任务有时会分配给财务部和工程部共同完成。
例：
Workers felt forced to work late because managers assigned them more work than they could complete in a regular shift.
由于经理们布置了多于正常上班时间可完成的工作量，工人们被迫工作到很晚。
例：
When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it.
当老师布置家庭作业时，学生通常感到有义务去完成它。
例：
Later in the year, she'll assign them research papers.
今年晚些时候，她会给他们布置研究论文。
2. [T 及物动词] 分配（某物）
If you assign something to someone, you say that it is for their use.
近义词
allocate
双语例句
例：
The selling broker is then required to assign a portion of the commission to the buyer broker.
卖方经纪人则被要求分给买方经纪人一部分佣金。
3. [T 及物动词] 分派
If someone is assigned to a particular place, group, or person, they are sent there, usually in order to work at that place or for that person.
双语例句
例：
I was assigned to Troop A of the 10th Cavalry.
我被分派到了第10装甲部队的A大队。
例：
Did you choose Russia or were you simply assigned there?
你选择了俄罗斯还是只是被派到了那里？
4. [T 及物动词] 赋予（某功能或价值）
If you assign a particular function or value to someone or something, you say they have it.
双语例句
例：
Under the system, each business must assign a value to each job.
在这种制度下，每家企业必须赋予每份工作某种价值。
例：
Assign the letters of the alphabet their numerical values – A equals 1, B equals 2, etc.
给字母表中的字母赋予数值——A等于1，B等于2，等等。