assign

• vt. 分配；指派；[计][数] 赋值
• vi. 将财产过户（尤指过户给债权人）

前缀as- 同ad-. sign, 记号。

1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

2. give out or allot;

"We were assigned new uniforms"

3. attribute or credit to;

"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"

"People impute great cleverness to cats"

4. select something or someone for a specific purpose;

"The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"

5. attribute or give;

"She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"

"He put all his efforts into this job"

"The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

6. make undue claims to having

7. transfer one's right to

8. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme;

"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

assign

assign: see sign

assign (v.)

c. 1300, from Old French assiginer (13c.) "assign, set (a date, etc.); appoint legally; allot," from Latin assignare "to mark out, to allot by sign, assign, award," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + signare "make a sign," from signum "mark" (see sign). Main original use was in English law, in transferences of personal property. General meaning "to fix, settle, determine, appoint" is from c. 1300. Related: Assigned; assigning.

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。

assign, distribute, divide, allocate

这些动词均含"分配，分发"之意。

assign：指按照某种原则进行的硬性分配，也不一定是很公平的。

distribute：通常指以整体或定量分为若干份来分配。

divide：普通用词，侧重将某物分成若干份分配给他人，当某物一分为二时，含平均分配之意。

allocate：主要指金钱、财产、权力或领土等的分配，着重分配的比例和专门用途。

In her study, participants were randomly ( ' , 随机地) assigned to two groups.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In other departments, a new student is assigned a faculty adviser based on some system of distribution of the  departments advising load.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Academic departments vary in their procedures for assigning academic advisers to graduate students.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Each of the 300 arriving ninth graders are randomly(随机地) assigned to one of the houses.

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Several recent studies have found that being randomly (随机地) assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood (可能性)of conflict.

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According to two recent studies, randomly assigned roommates of different races are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out

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Lodging is assigned to students of different races without exception.

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Students' racial background should be considered before lodging is assigned

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Experienced resident advisors should be assigned to handle the problems.

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Assigning students' lodging randomly is not a good policy.

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The school randomly assigns roommates without regard to race

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She had been brought up on a farm, so the Peace Corps assigned her to an agricultural project.

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What was Donna assigned to do in Brazil

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He cannot get access to the assigned book.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

They were all edited for gender and other identifying information, so Dutt and her team could assign them a score without knowing the gender of the student.

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

We're not trying to assign blame or criticize anyone or call anyone consciously sexist.

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data; and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

One of the ways in which all agents seem to make decisions is that they assign a lower weighting to outcomes that are going to be further away in the future, he says.

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What's more, grades are not only an educational device but are also part of a screening system to help assign kids to their next class or program.

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I've been assigned to cover the governess speech today.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

That same study found that randomly assigned interracial roommates at Ohio State broke up before the end of the quarter about twice as often as same-race roommates.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

Fazio's Indiana study found that three times as many randomly assigned interracial roommates were no longer living together at the end of the semester, compared with white roommates

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What did the study find about randomly assigned interracial roommates at Ohio State University?

出自-2012年6月听力原文

"One of the ways in which all agents seem to make decisions is that they assign a lower weighting to outcomes that are going to be further away in the future," he says.

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: It is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; It has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data; and there i

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

So how do people assign traits to an object?

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

District administrators say that homework will still be a part of schooling: teachers are allowed to assign as much of it as they want.

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Assign a different colour to each different type of information.

给每类信息分别确定一种颜色。

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The painting cannot be assigned an exact date.

这幅画的年代确定不了。

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The agreement assigns copyright to the publisher.

协议规定将版权转让给出版商。

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I was assigned to B platoon.

我被派到B排工作。

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The teacher assigned each of the children a different task.

老师给每个儿童都布置了不同的作业。

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They've assigned their best man to the job.

他们指派了最优秀的人担任这项工作。

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British forces have been assigned to help with peacekeeping.

英国军队被派遣协助维持和平。

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The two large classrooms have been assigned to us.

这两间大教室分配给了我们。

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The teacher assigned a different task to each of the children.

老师给每个儿童布置的作业都不相同。

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We have been assigned the two large classrooms.

我们分得了这两间大教室。

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Under Mr. Harel's system, each business must assign a value to each job...

根据哈雷尔先生的体系，每个企业必须赋予每份工作一定的价值。

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Assign the letters of the alphabet their numerical values — A equals 1, B equals 2, etc.

给字母表里的每个字母赋予相应的数值——A等于1，B等于2，等等。

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Did you choose Russia or were you simply assigned there?...

你是自己选择去的俄罗斯还是就是被派到那里的？

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I was assigned to Troop A of the 10th Cavalry...

我被派往第10骑兵队的A连。

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He assigned her all his land in Ireland.

他把自己在爱尔兰的所有土地都转给了她。

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The selling broker is then required to assign a portion of the commission to the buyer broker...

卖方经纪人须随后将部分佣金分给买方经纪人。

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When I taught, I would assign a topic to children which they would write about...

我教课时会给孩子们布置一个题目，让他们就这个题目写点东西。

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Later in the year, she'll assign them research papers...

今年晚些时候，她将给他们指定研究论文。

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What responsibilities will you assign to the Seminar Committee?

将什麽责任分配给地区扶轮基金研讨会委员会?

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Assign into local variables and check on them.

把返回值赋值给一个局部变量来使用.

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Assign the mechanic job to technical supervisor.

按排机修任务给技术主管.

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Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it?

绅士们还能为他们找到其他可能的动机 吗 ?

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Explains how to assign a shortcut name to a snippet.

解释如何为代码段指定快捷方式名称.

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When we give interpretations to images, we are free to assign significance.

当我们对图像赋予意义, 我们可以自由地赋予含义.

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With leading ability to assign works for operators.

具备领导团队能力,能够合理分配人员工作.

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Can we assign another worker to help Jimmy or find another solution?

我们能否再指派一个人去协助吉米,或另寻其他解决的办法?

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Most universities assign students an account upon entrance, so there is usually not even an option involved.

大多数大学都在学生入学时就给他们分配一个电子信件的户头, 因此,通常可以说没有选择不用电子邮件的余地.

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One must assign roles as well as enforce the roles to its members.

每个团员都必须分配并施加特定角色于其他队员身上.

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It is difficult to assign any reason for the failure.

很难确定失败的原因.

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