designate

• vt. 指定；指派；标出；把…定名为
• adj. 指定的；选定的

1. assign a name or title to

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

3. decree or designate beforehand;

"She was destined to become a great pianist"

4. design or destine;

"She was intended to become the director"

designate (adj.)

1640s, from Latin designatus, past participle of designare (see design (v.)).

designate (v.)

As a verb, from 1791, from designate (adj.) or else a back-formation from designation. Related: Designated; designating.

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。

name, call, designate

这些动词均含"命名，称呼"之意。

name： 含义最泛，指给人或物命名以示区别或便于记忆。

call： 指给某人或某物取名字以某人或某物的特征称呼。

designate： 指用特别的名字、符号或词句来称某人或某物。

If farmers like Bowman are able to use these seeds without paying the designated fee, it will remove the incentives for companies like Monsanto to innovate.

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They had pushed the agency to designate the bird as "endangered, " a status that gives federal officials greater regulatory power to crack down on threats.

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the man designated to succeed the president

被指派接替校长职务的男人

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The different types are designated by the letters A, B and C.

不同的类型分别用字母A、B和C标明。

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an interview with the director designate

与未到任主任的面谈

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Who has she designated (as) her deputy?

她委任了谁为她的副手？

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This area has been designated (as) a National Park.

本区已定为国家公园。

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This floor has been designated a no-smoking area.

这楼层已定为无烟区。

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Several pupils were designated as having moderate or severe learning difficulties.

几名学生被认定有一定或严重学习困难。

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a designated nature reserve

指定的自然保护区

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designated seats for the elderly

老人专座

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The director is allowed to designate his/her successor.

主任获准选定自己的继任人。

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...a man interviewed in one of our studies whom we shall designate as E...

在我们的一项研究中接受访谈的男子，我们称之为 E

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There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark...

人们正在努力将这座桥定为历史遗迹。

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Some of the rooms were designated as offices.

其中一些房间被指定用作办公室。

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...scholarships designated for minorities...

专门给予少数族裔学生的奖学金

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Designate someone as the spokesperson...

指派某人为发言人

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The President's designated successor is his son.

总统的选定继承人是他的儿子。

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Japan's Prime Minister-designate is completing his Cabinet today.

日本的当选首相今日将完成组阁。

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Other ( and there are many ) classifications designate geographic information, or membership in a given organization.

其他 ( 有许多 ) 类型的分类法还包括面对地理信息的分类法, 或者是面向指定组织的成员资格的分类法等.

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A suitable approximate value of voltage used to designate or identify a system.

用以标志或识别系统电压的给定值.

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Why not designate sydney as your unloading port?

为什么不选择悉尼为卸货港 呢 ?

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Designate secure areas to store and protect your products.

指定安全的储存区,保护您的产品.

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SELLER shall designate one Advisor to be their General Representative at the site.

卖方应指定一名指导人员作为其现场总代表.

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May shipment we designate President 5000 tons 1.5 % more or less.

五月装船,选定总统号装载5000号,多装或少装1.5%均可.

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We'd like to designate Shanghai as the loading port because it is near the producing area.

咱们希望把上海定为装运港是`由于它离货物产地比较近.

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Will you designate the flowers you wish?

你能说出你想要的花 吗 ?

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They designate Mr. Yang as director of the laboratory.

他们选派杨先生为实验室主任.

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Personally designate each player a non negotiable card that they cannot change.

亲自选定各个球员他们无法改变的一张非可协议的卡片.

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Top management shall designate personnel with responsibility and authority to ensure that customer requirements are addressed.

最高管理者应指定人员在涉及质量要求方面代表顾客的需求.

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