【用法一】assign someone or something to someone or something分配,指派
to designate someone or something as belonging to someone or something else.
【例句】They assigned the new car to Roger.
他们把那辆新车分给了罗杰。
They assigned the new worker to the mail room.
新来的职工被安排到邮件收发室了。
【用法二】assign something to someone指定,怪罪于
【释义】to attribute something to someone; to blame something on someone.
【例句】We were forced to assign the blame to Robert.
我们不得不怪罪罗伯特。
They assigned the responsibility for the accident to the driver of the car.
他们把事故的责任归到驾驶员身上。
【词义辨析】
appoint, designate, assign, name, nominate
这些动词均有“任命,委派”之意。
appoint: 通常指不经过选择的官方委任。
designate: 书面用语,侧重当权者或机构的选拔或任命,有时含强行指定的意味。
assign: 常指给一群人或个人分配、分派、指派或委派任务。
name: 普通用词,着重任命的结果,而不是过程。
nominate: 通常指为某一公职选择候选人,并将其提交给有决定权的人作最后决定。
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