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designate vt.指定；标明；把...定名为；选派adj.指定的 (1) 她被指定为本年度的体坛明星。(2) 主席已经指定那个男孩作他的继承人。(3) 在这幅地图上黑线标示疆界。(4) 王国的统治者称作国王。(5) 他被指派率领远征队。(6) 大使指定人选将要迎接外国贵客。 To give a person or thing an official status is to designate it as something, like when you designate a meeting place if members of your group get lost at the amusement park. Sometimes, it can carry responsibility or an assignment, like when your teammates designate you as the captain. It can also show a category, like when you designate certain books to the humor section of the bookstore where you work.

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英 ['dezɪɡneɪt] 美 ['dezɪɡneɪt] (1) She was designated sportswoman of the year.(2) The chairman has designated that boy as his successor.(3) Black lines designate boundaries on this map.(4) The ruler of a kingdom is designated a king.(5) He was designated to lead the expedition.(6) The ambassador designate is going to meet honored foreign guests. To designate is to give something a specific status. If you designate your house an opera-free zone, it means that you've officially declared that no opera is allowed to be played there. The verb is pronounced /'dezɪgneɪt/. The adjective is pronounced /'dezɪgnət/. 动词读作 /'dezɪgneɪt/，形容词读作 /'dezɪgnət/。1[VERB 动词]标示；把…定名为；称呼 When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.   [V n as n]  [V n n]  [V-ed]...a man interviewed in one of our studies whom we shall designate as E...在我们的一项研究中接受访谈的男子，我们称之为 EThere are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark...人们正在努力将这座桥定为历史遗迹。I live in Exmoor, which is designated as a national park.我住在埃克斯穆尔，那里已被命名为国家公园。2[VERB 动词]指定 If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose.   [be V-ed as/for n]  [V-ed]  [usu passive]Some of the rooms were designated as offices.其中一些房间被指定用作办公室。...scholarships designated for minorities...专门给予少数族裔学生的奖学金Smoking is allowed in designated areas.允许在指定区域内吸烟。3[VERB 动词]指派；选派；委任 When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.   [V n as n]  [V-ed]Designate someone as the spokesperson...指派某人为发言人The President's designated successor is his son.总统的选定继承人是他的儿子。4[ADJ 形容词]（已受委派）尚未上任的；（已当选）尚未就职的 Designate is used to describe someone who has been formally chosen to do a particular job, but has not yet started doing it.   [n ADJ]Japan's Prime Minister-designate is completing his Cabinet today.日本的当选首相今日将完成组阁。

英语单词	designate
英美音标	英 ['dezɪɡneɪt] 美 ['dezɪɡneɪt]
中文释义	vt.指定；标明；把...定名为；选派 adj.指定的
英语例句	(1) She was designated sportswoman of the year. (2) The chairman has designated that boy as his successor. (3) Black lines designate boundaries on this map. (4) The ruler of a kingdom is designated a king. (5) He was designated to lead the expedition. (6) The ambassador designate is going to meet honored foreign guests.
中文例句	(1) 她被指定为本年度的体坛明星。 (2) 主席已经指定那个男孩作他的继承人。 (3) 在这幅地图上黑线标示疆界。 (4) 王国的统治者称作国王。 (5) 他被指派率领远征队。 (6) 大使指定人选将要迎接外国贵客。
vocabulary简明	To designate is to give something a specific status. If you designate your house an opera-free zone, it means that you've officially declared that no opera is allowed to be played there.
vocabulary扩展	To give a person or thing an official status is to designate it as something, like when you designate a meeting place if members of your group get lost at the amusement park. Sometimes, it can carry responsibility or an assignment, like when your teammates designate you as the captain. It can also show a category, like when you designate certain books to the humor section of the bookstore where you work.
柯林斯解释	The verb is pronounced /'dezɪgneɪt/. The adjective is pronounced /'dezɪgnət/. 动词读作 /'dezɪgneɪt/，形容词读作 /'dezɪgnət/。 1 [VERB 动词]标示；把…定名为；称呼 When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name. [V n as n] [V n n] [V-ed] ...a man interviewed in one of our studies whom we shall designate as E... 在我们的一项研究中接受访谈的男子，我们称之为 E There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark... 人们正在努力将这座桥定为历史遗迹。 I live in Exmoor, which is designated as a national park. 我住在埃克斯穆尔，那里已被命名为国家公园。 2 [VERB 动词]指定 If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose. [be V-ed as/for n] [V-ed] [usu passive] Some of the rooms were designated as offices. 其中一些房间被指定用作办公室。 ...scholarships designated for minorities... 专门给予少数族裔学生的奖学金 Smoking is allowed in designated areas. 允许在指定区域内吸烟。 3 [VERB 动词]指派；选派；委任 When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job. [V n as n] [V-ed] Designate someone as the spokesperson... 指派某人为发言人 The President's designated successor is his son. 总统的选定继承人是他的儿子。 4 [ADJ 形容词]（已受委派）尚未上任的；（已当选）尚未就职的 Designate is used to describe someone who has been formally chosen to do a particular job, but has not yet started doing it. [n ADJ] Japan's Prime Minister-designate is completing his Cabinet today. 日本的当选首相今日将完成组阁。

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