assignment
- n.分配;(分派的)工作，任务;(工作等的)分派，布置
复数： assignments
assign v.分配 + -ment 行为或结果
assignmentnoun
（分派的）工作，任务
a task or piece of work that sb is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies
You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.
你每学期要完成三个书面作业。
She is in Greece on an assignment for one of the Sunday newspapers.
她在希腊为一家星期日报执行一项任务。
one of our reporters on assignment in China
我们派驻中国的一名记者
I had set myself a tough assignment.
我给自己定了一项艰巨任务。
（工作等的）分派，布置
the act of giving sth to sb; the act of giving sb a particular task
his assignment to other duties in the same company
他在同一公司内担任的其他职务
These are all words for a piece of work that sb has to do.以上各词均指任务、工作。
a piece of work that sb has to do, especially a difficult or unpleasant one尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的任务、工作：
Our first task will be to set up a communications system.
我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
tasks that are part of your job指职责、任务：
Your duties will include setting up a new computer system.
你的职责将包括建立一个新的计算机系统。
an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country指官方使命、使团的使命：
They undertook a fact-finding mission in the region.
他们承担了在该地区核查事实的工作。
a piece of work that sb has to do指一项任务、一件工作：
I've got various jobs around the house to do.
我在家里有各种各样的活儿要干。
A task may be more difficult than a job and require you to think carefully about how you are going to do it. A job may be sth small that is one of several jobs that you have to do, especially in the home; or a job can be sth that takes a long time and is boring and/or needs a lot of patience. |
a task that sb is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies指分派的工作、任务、布置的作业：
You must complete three written assignments.
你必须完成三个书面作业。
a task that you have to do regularly, especially one that you do in the home and find unpleasant or boring指日常事务、例行工作、尤指令人厌烦或无聊的家务活：
household chores
家务杂活
assignment
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N-COUNT （布置的）作业;（分配的）任务
An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.The assessment for the course involves written assignments and practical tests.
这门功课的考核包括书面作业和实际操作考试。
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N-UNCOUNT （任务、工作的）分配，指派
You can refer to someone being given a particular task or job as their assignment to the task or job.An Australian division scheduled for assignment to Greece was ordered to remain in Egypt.
原定去希腊执行任务的一支澳大利亚小分队接到命令后继续留在埃及。
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- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
- the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
- Synonym: appointment designation naming
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- the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
- the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum
- Synonym: assigning
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- a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
- hazardous duty
- Synonym: duty assignment
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- an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
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- the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
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- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- Synonym: grant
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The two-way choice system as a reform of the present job assignment system for college graduates means that graduates could choose employers and employers could choose graduates , both of their own free will .
作为对大学毕业生分配制度的改革，双向选择制度意味着，毕业生可以选择用人单位，用人单位也可以选择毕业生，双方均出于自愿。
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His job is the assignment of the chores .
他的工作是对杂物的分配。
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I 've been working at my assignment all day .
我整天都在做作业。
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He saw the assignment as a way to forward his career .
他把这项任务看作事业发展的途径。
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You will need to complete three written assignments per semester .
你每学期要完成三个书面作业。
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You must complete three written assignments .
你必须完成三个书面作业。
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I had set myself a tough assignment .
我给自己定了一项艰巨任务。
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She is in Greece on an assignment for one of the Sunday newspapers .
她在希腊为一家星期日报执行一项任务。
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She had given the assignment an A.
她给这份作业打了个优。
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The assessment for the course involves written assignments and practical tests .
这门功课的考核包括书面作业和实际操作考试。
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We believe the time and hard work involved in completing such an assignment are worthwhile
我们认为完成这项任务所必须付出的时间与辛苦都是值得的。
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He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist .
他第一次作为电视记者出国采访时就被扣作人质。
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An Australian division scheduled for assignment to Greece was ordered to remain in Egypt .
原定去希腊执行任务的一支澳大利亚小分队接到命令后继续留在埃及。
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It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment .
当时把这项任务给他是大错特错了。
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I hate to interrupt your intimate conversation but we do have an assignment to discuss .
我实在不愿打断你们的私人谈话，但是我们确实有事要谈。
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Today 's assignment is to draw a horse in motion .
今天的作业是画一匹动态的马。
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He was sent abroad on a difficult assignment .
他被派出国执行一项艰巨任务。
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The reporter took on the assignment with great zeal .
那位记者非常热情地去执行这项任务。
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Her assignment to other duties was decided .
她担任的其他职责已经定了下来。
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Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments .
请战书像雪片似地飞向指挥部。
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He is a yellow-bellied guy ; don 't send him on such a tough assignment !
他是个胆小的，不要给他这么艰难的工作。
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She 's going to India on a special assignment for her newspaper .
她受委派到印度去执行报社的一项特殊任务。
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A conference in guilin ! what a great assignment !
你去桂林开会，这可是一趟美差！
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Report your return from the assignment , then you can have a few days off .
你先去销差，销完差可以休息几天。
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They took on the assignment with great zeal .
他们以极大的热情接受了这项任务。
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His assignment was to follow the spy .
分配给他的工作是跟踪这个间谍。
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The pupils were doing their assignments .
学生们正在做作业。
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We don 't really have a missed assignment policy , she said .
“我们其实没有一个漏交作业的规定”，她说。
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For each assignment , I was to write the best essay I could .
每次作业,我都要尽我所能写出最好的论文。
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I just got zeros on a couple of first assignments .
我在几门课程的第一次作业中就得了零分。
通常指对某人担任某一职务的不经选举的任命。
The appointment of John as chairman of the meeting will be announced tomorrow.
约翰任大会主席的任命将于明日宣布。
What do you think of the appointment of a new foreign minister?
你对任命新的外交部长一事有何看法？
指职务、任务、工作等的分派。
Her assignment to other duties was decided.
她担任的其他职责已经定了下来。
When was she informed of her assignment as manager of that new department?
她何时得知已被指派为那个新部门的经理的？
指为了某一特定目的的指派。
The designation of Jim as our new teacher will be announced soon.
吉姆被指派为我们的新老师的事很快就会宣布。
The designation of the newcomer for the post is known to all.
大家都知道这个新来的人将担任该职务。
可指雇主、老师、父母等分派给的任务，有时也指自愿承担的工作，常含较为艰巨或令人厌烦之意。
The boss forced this difficult task upon him.
老板强迫他干此苦差事。
I set myself the task of chopping up the firewood.
我给自己安排了劈柴的任务。
The teacher assigned each of them a holiday task.
老师给他们每个人都分配了假日的任务。
较正式用词，指分派的工作任务或指定的课外作业。
He was sent abroad on a difficult assignment.
他被派出国执行一项艰巨任务。
The reporter took on the assignment with great zeal.
那位记者非常热情地去执行这项任务。
Today's assignment is to draw a horse in motion.
今天的作业是画一匹动态的马。