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assignment
任务；分派的任务
a duty that you are assigned to perform, especially in the armed forces
尤指军队中分派的任务
- 1.
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
指派行为；分配工作或一组任务。
- 2.
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
被分配执行的任务(尤其是在军队中)
- 3.
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
将某物归类为特定类别。
- 4.
the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
将权利、权益或财产从一个人转移到另一个人的工具
- 5.
An assigned task.
被指派的任务。
- 6.
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
将某物分配到指定地点或人员的行为
- 7.
A position to which one is assigned.
被指派的职位。
- 8.
A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
布置给学生的任务,如家庭作业或课程作业。
- 9.
A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
权利或利益从一人转让给另一人。
- 10.
A document that effects this transfer.
实现这种转让的文件。
- 11.
An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
将值赋给变量的操作。
指派行为；分配工作或一组任务。；被分配执行的任务(尤其是在军队中)；将某物归类为特定类别。；将权利、权益或财产从一个人转移到另一个人的工具；被指派的任务。
In use
The teacher gave us a difficult assignment to finish by Friday.
My first assignment as a reporter was to cover a local festival.
She has completed all her assignments for the course.
the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum
assignment to do sth
The teacher gave us a difficult assignment to complete by Friday.
老师给了我们一项艰巨的任务，要在周五前完成。
assignment of sth to sb
The assignment of the new project to our team was unexpected.
将新项目分配给我们团队出乎意料。
Connections
Collocations
- homework assignment
- 家庭作业
- The teacher gave us a difficult homework assignment.老师给我们布置了一项很难的家庭作业。
- class assignment
- 课堂作业
- Please submit your class assignment by Friday.请周五前提交你的课堂作业。
- writing assignment
- 写作任务
- For this writing assignment, you need to write a 500-word essay.这项写作任务要求你写一篇500字的文章。
- special assignment
- 特殊任务
- He was given a special assignment to investigate the case.他被分配了一项特殊任务去调查这个案件。
- work assignment
- 工作任务
- Her first work assignment was to organize the files.她的第一项工作任务是整理文件。
- complete an assignment
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：assign（分配）+ment（名词后缀）→ 分配的工作或作业。
Context & Register
该词有多种用法：在学术语境中通常指作业（中性），在工作语境中通常指派给的任务（中性），在法律语境中通常指财产转让（正式）。因此整体标记为mixed，具体用法需根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with /aɪnmənt/ rhyme with assignment: alignment, consignment, refinement, confinement. Words like attainment (/eɪnmənt/) and commitment (/ɪtmənt/) do not rhyme despite the same -ment ending.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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