assign
/əˈsaɪn/ (bre, ipa) · [əsˈaɪn] /əˈsaɪn/ (ame, ipa) · [əsˈaɪn] /ə-ˈsīn/ (ame, mw)
assign — 動詞
- assignpresent simple I / you / we / they
- assignshe / she / it
- assignedpast simple
- assigning-ing form
1. to choose a person and give them a specific task, job, or duty to carry out
分配；指派
把工作或責任交給某人去做
to choose a person and give them a specific task, job, or duty to carry out
Brandon's manager assigned him the task of checking all the customer order forms.
Brandon 的主管指派他負責檢查所有客戶訂單表格。
assign + [person] + [task] (double-object pattern)
The head teacher assigned lunch duty to three new staff members.
校長把午餐執勤的任務分配給三位新進教職員。
assign + [task] + to + [person]
Ayana was assigned the lead role in the local school play.
Ayana 在學校的話劇中被分配到主角的角色。
Volunteers from Oakwood were each assigned a different section of Riverside Park to clean before the fair.
來自 Oakwood 的志工們各自被分配到 Riverside 公園的不同區域，在園遊會前進行清掃。
The editor assigned the missing-person story to Yael, trusting her interview skills.
編輯把失蹤人口的報導指派給 Yael，因為相信她的採訪能力。
- withdraw
take back a task or responsibility that was given
文法句型
assign + someone + something
assign + something + to + someone
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 5 (SEND ON DUTY): sense 1 is about handing out a task to someone, not about sending them to a different location.
常見錯誤
2. to pick a particular date or time when a meeting, task, or event should take pla
排定；指定
決定某個活動或事件進行的時間
to pick a particular date or time when a meeting, task, or event should take place
The Crown Court in Leeds assigned the 15th of March for the next hearing in the long-running fraud case.
里茲皇家法院將這起曠日持久的詐欺案的下次聽證會排定在三月十五日。
assign + [date] + for + [event]
Minho's driving test has been assigned for Tuesday morning at eight thirty.
Minho 的路考被安排在星期二早上八點半。
The wedding planner assigned three hours on Saturday for putting up the decorations.
婚禮策劃師把星期六的三個小時排定用來布置裝飾。
The facilities manager assigned the first full week in August for moving the entire finance department to the new building.
設施經理將八月的第一個完整星期指定為整個財務部門搬遷至新大樓的時間。
The university exam board assigned Wednesday morning, the 12th of June, for the final written paper in organic chemistry.
大學考試委員會把六月十二日星期三上午指定為有機化學最後一場筆試的時間。
文法句型
assign + time/date + for + event
用法筆記
Object is always a time, date, or time period. Common in official or institutional contexts such as courts, exams, and meetings.
常見錯誤
3. to say that a particular quality, value, or label belongs to someone or somethin
賦予；評定
認定事物具有某種價值或特質
to say that a particular quality, value, or label belongs to someone or something — for example, giving a film five stars or marking a document as confidential
The judges assigned a perfect score to Lucía's final dance performance.
評審給 Lucía 最後的舞蹈表演評定為滿分。
assign + [score/value] + to + [thing judged]
The Booker Prize panel assigned high value to Ruth Ozeki's latest novel, though readers found it slow.
布克獎評審團賦予 Ruth Ozeki 最新小說很高的價值，但讀者覺得它節奏緩慢。
Putri's teacher assigned a grade A to her science project on rainforest ecosystems.
Putri 的老師給她關於雨林生態的科學專題評定為 A 等。
The Bath Preservation Trust assigned the old assembly rooms a Grade II listed status in 2023.
巴斯保護信託基金會在 2023 年將舊議事廳評定為二級登錄古蹟。
Geologists from the Tokyo institute assigned a high tsunami risk rating to the coastal villages after the 2024 Noto earthquake.
東京研究所的地質學家在 2024 年能登地震過後，將沿海村莊評定為海嘯高風險等級。
文法句型
assign + quality/value + to + something
用法筆記
Object is always a quality, score, label, or value — never a physical object. Often used when official bodies or experts make a formal judgement.
常見錯誤
4. to name what you believe caused a situation or to give the reason why something
歸因；歸咎
指出某事的起因或動機所在
to name what you believe caused a situation or to give the reason why something happened, often after careful thought or investigation
The investigator assigned the fire to faulty wiring in the basement laundry room.
調查員把火災歸因於地下室洗衣間故障的電線。
assign + [cause] + to + [event]
Doctors assigned Reuben's chest pains to stress rather than a heart condition.
醫生將 Reuben 的胸痛歸因於壓力而非心臟疾病。
The internal audit assigned the 12 percent drop in sales to the new rival chain's aggressive discount pricing.
內部審計報告將銷售額下滑 12% 歸咎於新競爭連鎖店的激進折扣定價策略。
Oxford historians have assigned the collapse of the Khmer Empire to a mix of prolonged drought and weak leadership.
牛津的歷史學家將高棉帝國的衰亡歸因於長期乾旱與領導不力的雙重因素。
The mechanic assigned the strange engine noise to a worn timing belt.
技師把引擎的怪聲歸因於一條磨損的正時皮帶。
文法句型
assign + cause/reason + to + event
用法筆記
Often passive. The subject can be a person, a report, or a study. Distinguish from sense 3 (ATTRIBUTE QUALITY): this sense is about causes and reasons, not about scores or characteristics.
常見錯誤
5. to send a staff member or official to a new location or team so they can carry o
派駐；調派
派遣人員到特定地點或團隊工作
to send a staff member or official to a new location or team so they can carry out specific duties there, usually for a set period
The army assigned Cyrus to a remote base in the northern mountains for six months.
軍方將 Cyrus 派駐到北方山區的一個偏遠基地，為期六個月。
assign + [person] + to + [place]
The newspaper assigned Mathieu to cover the elections from the capital.
報社調派 Mathieu 前往首都報導選舉。
Two detectives were assigned to the fraud case after the bank reported the losses.
銀行通報虧損後，兩名探員被調派去調查這起詐欺案。
Tomás was assigned to the company's Singapore office to lead the new sales team.
Tomás 被派駐到公司的新加坡辦事處，負責帶領新的銷售團隊。
The aid agency assigned Kian to the flood-affected villages along the river delta.
救援機構將 Kian 調派到河流三角洲一帶受洪水影響的村莊。
- recall
bring someone back from a post or assignment
文法句型
assign + someone + to + place/role
用法筆記
Object is always a person. Frequently passive: 'she was assigned to a new post.' Distinguish from sense 1 (ALLOCATE TASK): this sense involves physically sending someone to a different place or team.
常見錯誤
6. to put a number or piece of data into a named slot inside a computer program's w
設定；存入
在電腦記憶體中放入某個數值
to put a number or piece of data into a named slot inside a computer program's working memory
The program assigns the value zero to every new variable before running the calculation.
程式在開始計算之前，會將每個新變數的值設定為零。
assign + [value] + to + [variable] (computing)
When Priya registered for the library's online portal, the system assigned a unique 10-digit ID number to her profile.
Priya 在圖書館的線上平台註冊時，系統為她的個人檔案設定了一組獨特的十位數 ID 編號。
After adding all twelve item prices, the checkout script assigned the total to a variable called 'total_cost'.
結帳程式將十二項商品的價格全部相加後，把總金額存入名為「total_cost」的變數中。
New programmers get confused when Python assigns one list to two variables — changing one silently changes the other.
新手程式設計師常常感到困惑：Python 把同一個清單指派給兩個變數時，修改其中一個會悄悄地連另一個也一起改變。
The operating system assigns each running program a separate block of memory.
作業系統會為每個正在執行的程式配置一塊獨立的記憶體空間。
- set
more common in everyday programming talk; 'set the variable to zero'
- store
focuses on the act of keeping data in memory rather than the naming of a location
- initialise
specifically means giving a variable its first value at the start of a program
- clear
remove a value from a variable or memory location
文法句型
assign + value + to + variable
用法筆記
Domain-specific (computing). The subject is typically a program, a function, or an operating system. The object is always a value being stored, and the target is a variable or memory location.
7. to officially hand over your ownership of property, money, or legal claims to an
轉讓；過戶
透過法律程序將財產或權利移轉給他人
to officially hand over your ownership of property, money, or legal claims to another person through a written agreement
Dr. Okonkwo assigned the patent rights for her water-purification device to the University of Lagos, which had funded the research.
Dr. Okonkwo 將她的淨水裝置專利權轉讓給資助這項研究的拉哥斯大學。
assign + [rights/property] + to + [recipient] (legal)
Grandma Zhang assigned her house and its contents to my uncle before she passed away.
張奶奶在過世前將她的房子和屋內物品過戶給了我叔叔。
In her will, folk singer Elena Vasquez assigned half the royalties from her 1998 album to a children's hospital in Santiago.
民謠歌手 Elena Vasquez 在遺囑中將她 1998 年專輯的一半版權收入轉讓給聖地牙哥的一家兒童醫院。
The printing company assigned the remaining seven years of its warehouse lease to a furniture startup needing the space.
印刷公司將倉庫租約剩餘的七年轉讓給一家需要空間的家具新創公司。
Kian assigned the copyright of all his travel photographs — over two thousand images — to the National Library's public collection.
Kian 將他所有旅行照片——超過兩千張——的著作權轉讓給國家圖書館的公共館藏。
文法句型
assign + property/rights + to + someone
用法筆記
Domain-specific (legal and financial). The transfer is formal and recorded. The object is always a right, a piece of property, or a financial interest — never a physical object being handed over in person.