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Assignment Latin 3148.Assignment 英 ə'Saɪnm(ə)Nt]美 ə'Saɪnmənt 释义 N

正面 3148.assignment
英 [ə'saɪnm(ə)nt]美 [ə'saɪnmənt]

背面
释义:
n. 分配;任务;作业;功课
例句:
1. Characteristically, he worked hard at the assignment.他一如既往地认真完成分派的任务。

1、as- "to" + sign- + -ment.

assignment (n.)late 14c., "order, request, directive," from Old French assignement "(legal) assignment (of dower, etc.)," from Late Latin assignamentum, noun of action from Latin assignare (see assign). Meaning "appointment to office" is mid-15c.; that of "a task assigned" (to someone) is from c. 1848."

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