assignment

assignment — 名詞

1. a specific task that a teacher or boss tells you to finish, usually with a clear

1.名詞B1
釋義

作業；功課

老師或上司指定要完成的書面任務

a specific task that a teacher or boss tells you to finish, usually with a clear topic and a deadline.

例句

Mr. Lin gave the class a writing assignment about their summer holidays.

林老師出了一份關於暑假生活的寫作作業給全班。

give somebody an assignment

Paloma stayed up until midnight to finish her history assignment.

瑪雅熬夜到半夜才寫完她的歷史作業。

finish an assignment

同義詞
  • task

    more general — any duty given, school or otherwise

  • homework

    school work done at home; usually uncountable, no plural

  • project

    longer, larger piece of work, often involving research

文法句型

complete an assignment

hand in an assignment

用法筆記

Common in school and university contexts; often attached to a subject (history assignment, math assignment) or a verb (do, hand in, submit, mark).

常見錯誤

❌I have an assignment work for tomorrow.
✅I have an assignment for tomorrow.
💡'assignment' already means a piece of work; do not add 'work' after it.
❌I will make my assignment tonight.
✅I will do my assignment tonight.
💡Use 'do' (or 'finish'), not 'make', with assignment.

2. a particular job that takes you away from your normal workplace, often to anothe

2.名詞B2
釋義

外派任務

被派去外地執行的特定工作

a particular job that takes you away from your normal workplace, often to another city or country, and usually for a fixed period.

例句

The reporter took a dangerous assignment in northern Syria.

那位記者接下了在敘利亞北部的危險採訪任務。

take a [adjective] assignment in [place]

Detective Park was given a secret assignment to find the missing witness.

朴探員被指派一項祕密任務，去找到那位失蹤的證人。

passive: be given an assignment to + verb

同義詞
  • posting

    very close in meaning; emphasises being placed somewhere by an employer

  • mission

    stronger sense of important goal, often military or humanitarian

  • deployment

    military or emergency context — being sent to a working location

文法句型

on assignment in [place]

an assignment to [place]

用法筆記

Frequently used about journalists, soldiers, diplomats, and company staff sent abroad. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 2 implies travel and a posting, not a homework-style task.

常見錯誤

❌She is in assignment in Paris.
✅She is on assignment in Paris.
💡The fixed phrase is 'on assignment', not 'in'.

3. being out in the field on a work posting, rather than back at your home office.

3.名詞B2
釋義

出差中

正被派往外地執行任務的狀態

being out in the field on a work posting, rather than back at your home office.

例句

Hannah was on assignment in Kenya when the news broke.

新聞爆出來時，漢娜正在肯亞出差採訪。

be on assignment in [place]

Two of our photographers are on assignment at the climate summit this week.

本週我們有兩位攝影記者在氣候高峰會現場採訪。

be on assignment at [event]

同義詞
  • on duty

    focuses on being responsible for a role at a given time, not on travel

  • in the field

    very close — out doing real work away from the office

反義詞

文法句型

be on assignment

while on assignment

用法筆記

Almost always appears in the fixed phrase 'on assignment' (no article, uncountable). Distinguish from sense 2: sense 2 names the posting itself ('a dangerous assignment'); sense 3 only describes someone's current status while doing it ('she is on assignment').

常見錯誤

❌He is on an assignment in Korea right now.
✅He is on assignment in Korea right now.
💡In this fixed phrase, no article is used before 'assignment'.

4. the formal act of handing out tasks, roles, or staff to specific people or place

4.名詞C1
釋義

分派；分配

把工作或人員分派給特定對象的過程

the formal act of handing out tasks, roles, or staff to specific people or places.

例句

The manager handles the assignment of duties at the start of every shift.

經理在每次輪班開始時負責職務的分派。

assignment of [tasks]

Fair assignment of seats prevented arguments at the wedding banquet.

公平的座位分配避免了喜宴上的爭執。

fair assignment of [things]

同義詞
  • allocation

    very close — the formal sharing out of resources or roles

  • distribution

    wider — handing out things, not just jobs

  • appointment

    official act of placing somebody in a post; often a single person

文法句型

the assignment of [something] to [somebody]

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and formal, often with 'of' linking the thing given out and 'to' linking the receiver. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 is the task; sense 4 is the act of handing it out.

常見錯誤

❌The assignments of duties was fast.
✅The assignment of duties was fast.
💡In this sense, 'assignment' is uncountable, so no plural -s.