| 单词 | consign |
| 释义 | consign (once / 1010 pages) 1v 2v The verb consign means to transfer permanently to another. You can consign ownership of your old car to your son, an act that will probably make you the "best parent ever" in his eyes. Consign means to commit or relegate. Those platform shoes you still have from high school in the 1970s? You should probably consign them to the trash — of course, they probably should have been consigned in the 1970s! Consign can also be used if you turn over an object for sale where the business making the sale gets a percentage of the profits and so do you. If you don't like the art work you inherited, you might consign it with an auction house and use the profits to buy something you like better. WORD FAMILYconsign: consigned, consignee, consigner, consigning, consignment, consignor, consigns+/consignee: consignees/consigner: consigners/consignment: consignments/consignor: consignors USAGE EXAMPLESConsigning it to the past, to history, is difficult. BBC(Dec 08, 2016) “They were always upfront with me about their assessment of the painting and the sale,” said Richard Rush, whose family consigned the work. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) Consigned to the gallery of eternal goats, he would soon be hanged in effigy, his No. 13 dangling from Brooklyn lampposts. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) 1 1v give over to another for care or safekeeping consign your baggage Syn|Hypo|Hyper charge pledge give as a guarantee hock, pawn, soakleave as a guarantee in return for money checkhand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping checkconsign for shipment on a vehicle collateralizepledge as a collateral giveoffer in good faith hypothecatepledge without delivery or title of possession commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trust confer a trust upon 2v commit forever; commit irrevocably 2Hyper abandon forsake, leave behind v send to an address Hyper deliver bring to a destination, make a delivery |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。