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consign sth to sb/sth
表示“托付、交付”，后面接接收者或保管机构。
She consigned her diary to her closest friend for safekeeping.
她把日记托付给她最亲密的朋友保管。
交付；托付；委托；寄存
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交付；托付；委托；寄存
give someone/something to another person for care or safekeeping
She consigned her diary to her closest friend for safekeeping.
她把日记托付给她最亲密的朋友保管。
正式用语，表示把…交给某人保管或照料。
委托给他人照管,通常为销售、运输或保管。
To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
托付给他人照看。
To entrust to the care of another.
送往最终目的地。
To send to a final destination.
分配；投入；留出。
To assign; to devote; to set apart.
consign
Base
原形
consigns
3rd person
第三人称单数
consigning
-ing
现在分词
consigned
Past
过去式
consigned
Past participle
过去分词
They consign the goods to a local warehouse.
他们把货物交付给当地仓库。
She consigned the old documents to the archive last week.
她上周把旧文件移交给了档案馆。
The museum has consigned the painting to a private collector.
博物馆已将那幅画委托给一位私人收藏家。
常用于 consign sth to sb/sth 结构，表示正式地交付或委托。
She consigned her mother's jewelry to a bank vault for safekeeping.
她将母亲的珠宝交给银行保险库保管。
Before the trip, we consigned our cat to my neighbor's care.
出发旅行前，我们把猫托付给邻居照看。
The warehouse consigned the goods to our office address yesterday.
仓库昨天把货物寄送到了我们办公室的地址。
表示“托付、交付”，后面接接收者或保管机构。
She consigned her diary to her closest friend for safekeeping.
她把日记托付给她最亲密的朋友保管。
常用被动语态，指被放进某处或落入某种（常为不好的）境地。
The old manuscripts were consigned to the library's basement.
那些旧手稿被送到了图书馆的地下室。
商业用语，指把货物交给代理商或经销商寄售；在语境明确时，表示目的的部分可省略。
The winery consigned two hundred cases to the exporter for sale.
这家酒庄将两百箱酒交给出口商代销。
Not this
Please consignment the goods to our warehouse.
Use this
Please consign the goods to our warehouse.
consignment 是名词，不能作动词；please 后应用动词原形 consign。
Not this
I consigned the documents with my lawyer.
Use this
I consigned the documents to my lawyer.
consign 的搭配是 consign something to somebody/something，交付、托付的对象用 to，而不用 with。
Not this
They consigned the child to live in a boarding school.
Use this
They consigned the child to a boarding school.
consign someone to something 后接名词短语表示去处，不接 to do；应把 to live in a boarding school 改为 to a boarding school。
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使彻底被遗忘；弃置不顾
Many old songs have been consigned to oblivion.
许多老歌已被人们彻底遗忘。
付之一炬；烧掉
The heretic's books were consigned to the flames.
那位异端分子的书籍被付之一炬。
使成为历史；使过时
The invention consigned the old method to history.
这项发明使旧方法成为历史。
丢弃；当作废物抛弃
The entire project was consigned to the scrap heap.
整个项目被弃如敝履。
托运货物；寄卖货物
The company consigns goods to its distributors worldwide.
该公司向世界各地的经销商托运货物。
把…送进监狱；监禁
The judge consigned the fraudster to prison for ten years.
法官判处那个诈骗犯十年监禁。
使被遗忘
The old traditions were consigned to oblivion.
这些旧传统被遗忘了。
把……当废物丢弃
The outdated theory was consigned to the scrap heap.
这个过时的理论被废弃了。
把……扫进历史的垃圾堆
The corrupt regime was consigned to the dustbin of history.
这个腐败政权被扫进了历史的垃圾堆。
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con（共同）+ sign（签名）→ 双方共同签名，把货物交付、委托给他人保管或寄售。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、business and trade、literary contexts consign 是正式用词，通常多用于书面语或正式场合。商业上可表示“托运、寄售（货物）”，在较文学化的语境中也可表示“使陷入（某种境况）”。日常口语中比较少见，实际使用中需注意语境的正式程度。
Words like 'sign', 'assign', 'design', and 'resign' all contain the spelling '-sign' and rhyme with 'consign' (/-aɪn/). However, 'design' and 'resign' are pronounced with /-zaɪn/, not /-saɪn/. 'Align' and 'benign' rhyme but do not use the '-sign' spelling. Watch out for lookalikes such as 'signal' /ˈsɪɡnəl/, which sounds quite different.
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