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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assign-ment.
當(dāng)時(shí)把這項(xiàng)任務(wù)給他是大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it.