| 单词 | reassign |
| 释义 | reassign (once / 16909 pages) v The verb reassign means to move someone or something to a new location, department, or position. If your department was in the Cincinnati office but then your boss moved you to the Chicago office, you were reassigned. Reassign is a combination of re-, meaning "again," and assign, which is from the Latin word assignare, meaning to mark out. Today reassign is often used in work-related discussions to indicate a transfer. If your boss says, "I'm going to reassign you to the Peterson project," you may be flattered that your boss thinks highly enough of you to put you on such a high profile project. But when reality sets in, you realize that your boss just assigned you tons of extra work for a cranky client. Congrats! WORD FAMILYreassign: reassigned, reassigning, reassignment, reassigns+/assign: assignable, assignation, assigned, assignee, assigning, assignment, assigns, reassign/assignable: unassignable/assignation: assignations/assigned: unassigned/assignee: assignees/assignment: assignments/reassignment: reassignments/unassignable: unassignably USAGE EXAMPLESRecognizing her capabilities, he reassigned her to help at the observatory. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) After reporting the incident, Quayle says, he faced a hostile work environment and was reassigned to do desk work. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) In the professional world, “proximity” is hard to maintain, as work colleagues are reassigned or move on to new jobs. New York Times(Jul 13, 2012) v transfer somebody to a different position or location of work Syn|Hypo|Hyper transfer second transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment exchangehand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent alternateexchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions assign, delegate, depute, designate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) |
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