assignment

noun

1. （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
   1. You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.
      你每学期要完成三个书面作业。
   2. 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。
   3. one of our reporters on assignment in China
      我们派驻中国的一名记者
   4. I had set myself a tough assignment.
      我给自己定了一项艰巨任务。
2. （工作等的）分派，布置
   the act of giving sth to sb; the act of giving sb a particular task
   1. his assignment to other duties in the same company
      他在同一公司内担任的其他职务

1. 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.
   1. 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。
2. 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.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. His job is the assignment of the chores.
    他的工作是对杂物的分配。
11. They took on the assignment with great zeal.
    他们以极大的热情接受了这项任务。
12. 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。
13. His assignment was to follow the spy.
    分配给他的工作是跟踪这个间谍。
14. A conference in guilin! what a great assignment!
    你去桂林开会，这可是一趟美差！
15. If I had listened to you, I would have finished my assignment.
    要是当时我听了你的话，我现在该完成任务了。
16. Now, the attribute terms already define an asset assignment to their segment table.
    现在，属性术语已经对其段表定义了一个资产分配。
17. This is the same as Lua's behavior on multiple assignment operations.
    （这与Lua在多个赋值操作上的行为是一样的）。
18. And you took the assignment.
    你接受了这项任务。
19. I had a cold and sore throat and couldn't submit my assignment.
    我感冒了，嗓子疼，所以我不能交作业了。
20. This section contains the project assignment and one of the student projects.
    这部分包含了这一设计作业以及一个由学生提出的方案。
21. I see you're starting your assignment early.
    我觉得你开始你的任务早了。
22. I feel: today my assignment half done.
    我感到：我今天的任务完成了一半。
23. A grid job assignment scheme is proposed on the basis of the microeconomic method and swarm intelligence algorithm.
    基于微观经济学方法和群体智能算法，设计了一种网格作业分配机制。
24. Any other assignment strategy can be used in the handler.
    在这个处理器中可以使用任何其他的分配策略。
25. We have your first assignment.
    有你的第一件任务了。
26. Your assignment has been over since you jumped on that train to venice.
    自从你上了去威尼斯的列车你的任务就中止了。
27. Let's work on the following assignment: a company has employees and consultants.
    设想我们被分配了这样一个任务：一个公司有雇员和顾问。
28. This paper makes an introduction to the purpose and the role of research-type assignment in analytical chemistry.
    摘要介绍了《分析化学》课布置研究型作业的目的和作用。
29. A new efficient algorithm for the pole assignment problem of single-input systems is presented in this paper.
    基于矩量分析，作者提供了一种求单输入线性控制系统极点配置问题的新算法。
30. Routing and wavelength assignment problem is a key problem for WDM optical networks.
    路由与波长分配问题是波分复用光网中的一个关键问题。

  appointment assignment designation【导航词义：任命】

  appointment n. 任命，委任

〔辨析〕通常指对某人担任某一职务的不经选举的任命。

  assignment n. 分派，指派

〔辨析〕指职务、任务、工作等的分派。

  designation n. 〈正式〉选定，指派

〔辨析〕指为了某一特定目的的指派。

  task assignment【导航词义：任务】

  task n. 任务，工作

〔辨析〕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。

  assignment n. 任务，作业

〔辨析〕较正式用词，指分派的工作任务或指定的课外作业。

noun

1. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
   1. the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee

   Synonym:    appointmentdesignationnaming

2. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
   1. the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum

   Synonym:    assigning

3. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
   1. hazardous duty

   Synonym:    duty assignment

4. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

5. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

6. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

   Synonym:    grant