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单词 delegate
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delegate

noun
 
/ˈdelɪɡət/
/ˈdelɪɡət/
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  1.  
    a person who is chosen or elected to represent the views of a group of people and vote and make decisions for them
    • Congress delegates rejected the proposals.
    Extra Examples
    • The delegates voted to support the resolution.
    • a delegate from the local Labour party
    • the British delegate to the United Nations
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • conference
    • congress
    • convention
    • …
    verb + delegate
    • choose
    • elect
    • select
    • …
    delegate + verb
    • attend (something)
    • approve
    • vote (on something)
    • …
    preposition
    • delegate from
    • delegate to
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  2.  
    a person who attends a conference
    • The conference was attended by delegates from 56 countries.
    • They decided not to send a delegate to the conference.
    Wordfinder
    • conference
    • delegate
    • exhibition
    • name tag
    • plenary
    • register
    • speaker
    • talk
    • venue
    • workshop
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin delegatus ‘sent on a commission’, from the verb delegare, from de- ‘down’ + legare ‘depute’.

delegate

verb
/ˈdelɪɡeɪt/
/ˈdelɪɡeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they delegate
/ˈdelɪɡeɪt/
/ˈdelɪɡeɪt/
he / she / it delegates
/ˈdelɪɡeɪts/
/ˈdelɪɡeɪts/
past simple delegated
/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪd/
/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪd/
past participle delegated
/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪd/
/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪd/
-ing form delegating
/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪŋ/
/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to give part of your work, power or authority to somebody in a lower position than you
    • Some managers find it difficult to delegate.
    • delegate (something) (to somebody) The job had to be delegated to an assistant.
    Extra Examples
    • I delegate to my assistant whenever possible.
    • Some government power has been delegated to local authorities.
    • Some managers are reluctant to delegate work to their subordinates.
    • You must learn to delegate responsibility.
  2. [transitive] [usually passive] to choose somebody to do something
    • be delegated to do something I've been delegated to organize the Christmas party.
    More Like This Pronunciation changes by part of speechPronunciation changes by part of speech
    • abuse
    • alternate
    • advocate
    • approximate
    • contract
    • converse
    • convict
    • decrease
    • delegate
    • discount
    • duplicate
    • estimate
    • export
    • extract
    • graduate
    • import
    • intimate
    • moderate
    • object
    • permit
    • present
    • protest
    • record
    • refund
    • refuse
    • subject
    • suspect
    • survey
    • torment
    • upgrade
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin delegatus ‘sent on a commission’, from the verb delegare, from de- ‘down’ + legare ‘depute’.
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