单词 | assign |
释义 | as·sign (ə-sīn) tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park. See Synonyms at appoint. 2. To set apart for a particular purpose or place in a particular category; designate: assigned the new species to an existing genus. See Synonyms at allocate. 3. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class. 4. To ascribe; attribute: assigned blame for the loss to a lack of good defense. See Synonyms at attribute. 5. To match or pair with: assign a value to each of the variables. 6. Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another. n. Law An assignee. [Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre : ad-, ad- + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign; see sekw-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] as·sign′a·bili·ty n. as·signa·ble adj. as·signa·bly adv. as·signer n. |
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