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Sign 2628.Assign 英 ə'Saɪn]美 ə'Saɪn 释义 Vt 分配;指派;[计][数

正面 2628.assign
英 [ə'saɪn]美 [ə'saɪn]

背面
释义:
vt. 分配;指派;[计][数] 赋值vi. 将财产过户(尤指过户给债权人)
例句:
1. It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assign-ment.当时把这项任务给他是大错特错了。

1、as- "to" + sign-.
assign 指定前缀as- 同ad-. sign, 记号。
assignassign: see signassign (v.)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."

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