| 单词 | assign |
| 释义 | assign —assigner; Chiefly Law. assignor /euh suy nawr", as'euh nawr"/, n. /euh suyn"/, v.t. 1. to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel. 2. to give out or announce as a task: to assign homework. 3. to appoint, as to a post or duty: to assign one to guard duty. 4. to designate; name; specify: to assign a day for a meeting. 5. to ascribe; attribute; bring forward: to assign a cause. 6. Law. to transfer: to assign a contract. 7. Mil. to place permanently on duty with a unit or under a commander. v.i. 8. Law. to transfer property, esp. in trust or for the benefit of creditors. n. 9. Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee: my heirs and assigns. [1250-1300; ME assignen < OF assigner < L assignare. See AS-, SIGN] Syn. 1. ASSIGN, ALLOCATE, ALLOT mean to apportion or measure out. To ASSIGN is to distribute available things, designating them to be given to or reserved for specific persons or purposes: to assign duties. To ALLOCATE is to earmark or set aside parts of things available or expected in the future, each for a specific purpose: to allocate income to various types of expenses. To ALLOT implies making restrictions as to amount, size, purpose, etc., and then apportioning or assigning: to allot spaces for parking. 4. fix, determine. 5. adduce, allege, advance, show, offer. |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含168451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。