assignment

/əˈsaɪnmənt/ n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

任务；作业；功课；分配；指派；转让

释义与例句

n. 任务；作业；功课
a task or piece of work given to someone as part of their job or studies
  1. The students handed in their assignments on Friday.
    学生们在周五交了作业。
  2. Her first assignment was to write a short report.
    她的第一项任务是写一份简短的报告。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. He was late finishing the history assignment.
    他没能按时完成历史作业。
n. 分配；指派；转让
the act of giving someone a particular job, role, or piece of work
  1. The assignment of rooms will be done by the manager.
    房间的分配将由经理负责。
  2. Her assignment to the Paris office came as a surprise.
    她被派往巴黎办事处一事令人意外。
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  1. The contract includes the assignment of copyright.
    该合同包含版权的转让。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 assign（分配、指派）+ ment（名词后缀）→ 分配的任务或作业。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • assign 分配；指派；布置
    assignment 的动词形式。
  • assigned 被指派的；指定的
    assign 的过去分词或形容词。
  • assignable 可分配的；可指定的
    assign + -able，形容词形式。
同义词
  • task 任务
    task 用法较广，assignment 多指上级或老师布置的明确任务。
    Our task is to finish the report by noon. 我们的任务是在中午前完成这份报告。
  • homework 家庭作业
    homework 特指学生回家完成的作业，assignment 可指更广泛的任务。
    The children did their homework after dinner. 孩子们晚饭后做了家庭作业。
反义词
  • freedom 自由
    与被分配任务相对，表示自主。
    The workers were given freedom to choose their methods. 工人们可以自由选择工作方法。
常见搭配
  • hand in an assignment 上交作业
    Please hand in your assignment by Friday. 请在周五前上交作业。
  • give sb an assignment 给某人布置任务
    The teacher gave us a writing assignment. 老师给我们布置了一项写作任务。
  • work on an assignment 做某项任务/作业
    She is working on a research assignment. 她正在做一项研究任务。