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Allocate 火车头 Latin æləukeit V.配给,分配 英 V.配给,分配(Assign Sth

单词 allocate
音标 ['æləukeit]
解释 v.配给,分配
红宝书 【英】 v.配给,分配(assign sth for a special purpose ; distribute)
【记】 al(一再)+loc (地方)+ ate→不断送给地方→ 分配[东西];
【同】 派生词: allocation ( n. 拨给,分配)同根词: location(地理位置); locomotive(机车, 火车头)
字源 allocate (v.)
1630s, from verbal used of adjective allocate (mid-15c. in legal use), from Medieval Latin allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), imperative plural of allocare "allocate," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + locare "to place" (see locate). Related: Allocated; allocating.
不择手段背单词 v. (为特定目的)配给, 分配 = assign = distribute
【例】That space has been allocated for a new hospital 这块地皮已经拨作建一座新医院. allocate shares 分配股份
【记】al一再, loc地方-一再给地方-分配
【参】location(n 地理位置); locomotive(n 机车, 火车头)
趣味全助记 【记】al + locate 地方→分配给地方

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