designate

verb

1. 命名；指定
   to say officially that sth has a particular character or name; to describe sth in a particular way
   1. This area has been designated (as) a National Park.
      本区已定为国家公园。
   2. This floor has been designated a no-smoking area.
      这楼层已定为无烟区。
   3. Several pupils were designated as having moderate or severe learning difficulties.
      几名学生被认定有一定或严重学习困难。
   4. a designated nature reserve
      指定的自然保护区
   5. designated seats for the elderly
      老人专座
2. 选定，指派，委任（某人任某职）
   to choose or name sb for a particular job or position
   1. The director is allowed to designate his/her successor.
      主任获准选定自己的继任人。
   2. Who has she designated (as) her deputy?
      她委任了谁为她的副手？
   3. the man designated to succeed the president
      被指派接替校长职务的男人
3. 标明；标示；指明
   to show sth using a particular mark or sign
   1. The different types are designated by the letters A, B and C.
      不同的类型分别用字母A、B和C标明。

adj.

1. （已受委派）尚未上任的；（已当选）尚未就职的
   chosen to do a job but not yet having officially started it
   1. an interview with the director designate
      与未到任主任的面谈

The verb is pronounced /'dezɪgneɪt/. The adjective is pronounced /'dezɪgnət/. 动词读作 /'dezɪgneɪt/，形容词读作 /'dezɪgnət/。


1. VERB 标示;把…定名为;称呼
   When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.
   1. ...a man interviewed in one of our studies whom we shall designate as E...
      在我们的一项研究中接受访谈的男子，我们称之为 E
   2. There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark...
      人们正在努力将这座桥定为历史遗迹。
   3. I live in Exmoor, which is designated as a national park.
      我住在埃克斯穆尔，那里已被命名为国家公园。
2. VERB 指定
   If something is designated for a particular purpose, it is set aside for that purpose.
   1. Some of the rooms were designated as offices.
      其中一些房间被指定用作办公室。
   2. ...scholarships designated for minorities...
      专门给予少数族裔学生的奖学金
   3. Smoking is allowed in designated areas.
      允许在指定区域内吸烟。
3. VERB 指派;选派;委任
   When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.
   1. Designate someone as the spokesperson...
      指派某人为发言人
   2. The President's designated successor is his son.
      总统的选定继承人是他的儿子。
4. ADJ （已受委派）尚未上任的;（已当选）尚未就职的
   Designate is used to describe someone who has been formally chosen to do a particular job, but has not yet started doing it.
   1. Japan's Prime Minister-designate is completing his Cabinet today.
      日本的当选首相今日将完成组阁。

1. There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark
   人们正在努力将这座桥定为历史遗迹。
2. I live in Exmoor, which is designated as a national park.
   我住在埃克斯穆尔，那里已被命名为国家公园。
3. Some of the rooms were designated as offices.
   其中一些房间被指定用作办公室。
4. Smoking is allowed in designated areas.
   允许在指定区域内吸烟。
5. The President's designated successor is his son.
   总统的选定继承人是他的儿子。
6. We designate the study of the earth using physical measurements at the surface as geophysics.
   我们把在地面进行物理测量研究地球的学科，称作地球物理学。
7. Do you designate who is to remain.
   由你指定吧，哪一个该留下。
8. It is not necessary to designate these roles as provider and user.
   您并不需要将这些角色设计为提供商和用户。
9. Designate failover monitoring host and monitored Web services as part of a disaster recovery plan.
   将故障转移监视主机和被监视Web服务主机作为灾难恢复计划的一部分进行指定。
10. It is also possible to designate another diagram in any Package as the default diagram of the Package.
    也有可能将任意一个包中的另一个图指派为包的默认图。
11. When you share a page, you can designate users as viewers or editors.
    在共享页面时，您可以将用户指定为查看者或编辑者。
12. For each set, you must designate one primary persona; the others are all secondary.
    对每个组，您必须指派一个主要角色，其他的都是次要的。
13. You can also designate users as viewers or editors at the page level.
    您还可以将用户指定为页面级别上的查看者或编辑者。
14. You may designate any person, firm, corporation or legal entity as principal or contingent beneficiary.
    你可以指定任何人、公司、企业或者合法的实体作为主要的或临时的受益人。
15. Your instructor will designate the RCS number to obtain status information for this exercise.
    您的指导者将指定这个练习用来获得状态信息的RCS号。
16. I had an interview with the ambassador designate.
    我采访了即将赴任的大使。
17. We'll designate a skilled and qualified engineer to give technical advice to your personnels.
    我们将指派一名技术熟练称职的工程师对你方人员进行技术指导。
18. Who do you designate your proxy? One appointed to act for another; a deputy or an agent.
    你指定谁做你的代理人？
19. Write-enabling this cube will allow users that you designate to record changes to the data of this cube.
    写启用此多维数据集将使您指定的用户得以记录对此多维数据集数据的更改。
20. Users can also designate some special regions to mark on the gene structure diagram.
    用户也能够指定一些特殊区域以在基因结构图上标记。
21. System using colors to designate classifications.
    使用颜色来指明分类的系统。
22. No units or individuals shall compel peasants and agricultural production and operation organizations to purchase agricultural machines they designate.
    任何单位和个人不得强迫农民和农业生产经营组织购买其指定的农业机械产品。
23. Designate delegated permissions and a forwarding address.
    指定委派权限和转发地址。
24. You should not designate a public folder on a network share as a trusted location for your files.
    不应将网络共享上的公共文件夹指定为文件的受信任位置。
25. It is occasionally necessary to use a number system to designate the position of each ligand.
    有时需要用一种编号系统来标明各配体的位置。
26. Do you want to designate compressed folders as the application for handling zip files?
    要将压缩文件夹指派为处理zip文件的应用程序吗？
27. Name formally or designate with a term.
    正式起名或用名字指示。
28. Scholasticism is a term used to designate both a method and a system.
    士林是一个长远的用于指定既是一种方法和制度。
29. SELLER shall designate one Advisor to be their General Representative at the site.
    卖方应指定一名指导人员作为其现场总代表。
30. You can designate the sending date.
    你可以凭发送日期判断。

  appoint designate name nominate【导航词义：任命，委派】

  appoint v. 任命，委任

〔辨析〕指不经投票选举等而直接指派。常可与介词 as 连用，但现在经常将其省略。

  designate v. 选定，指派

〔辨析〕通常指为某项工作或某个目的而任命，多用被动语态。

  name v. 选中

〔辨析〕指由官方选定某人或某物，尤指使其担任重要职务，常可与介词 as 连用，但现在经常将其省略。

  nominate v. 提名；任命，指派

〔辨析〕既可指提出人选，由有决策权的人定夺，也可指直接委任，常后接介词 as/to。

verb

1. design or destine
   1. She was intended to become the director

   Synonym:    intenddestinespecify

2. decree or designate beforehand
   1. She was destined to become a great pianist

   Synonym:    destinefatedoom

3. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing
   1. I showed the customer the glove section
   2. He pointed to the empty parking space
   3. he indicated his opponents

   Synonym:    indicatepointshow

4. assign a name or title to

   Synonym:    denominate

5. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

   Synonym:    delegatedeputeassign