assignment
noun /əˈsaɪnmənt/
/əˈsaɪnmənt/
- [countable] a task or piece of work that somebody is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies
（分派的）工作，任务 - Students are required to complete all homework assignments.
学生被要求完成所有的家庭作业。 - You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.
你每学期要完成三个书面作业。 - a business/special assignment
商业/特殊任务 - I had set myself a tough assignment.
我给自己定了一项艰巨任务。 - on an assignment 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。 - on assignment one of our reporters on assignment in China
我们派驻中国的一名记者
Topics Educationb1- The students handed in their assignments.
学生们交了作业。 - The teacher gave us an assignment on pollution.
老师给我们布置了有关污染的作业。 - Why did you take on this assignment if you're so busy?
既然你这么忙，为什么还要承担这项任务？ - He refused to accept the assignment.
他拒绝接受这项任务。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reading
- writing
- written
- …
- give
- hand out
- set
- …
- assignment on
- Students are required to complete all homework assignments.
- [uncountable] assignment (of somebody) (to something) the act of giving something to somebody; the act of giving somebody a particular task
（工作等的）分派，布置 - his assignment to other duties in the same company
他在同一公司内担任的其他职务
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- special
- important
- dangerous
- …
- accept
- take on
- get
- …
- on assignment
- his assignment to other duties in the same company
词源late Middle English: from Old French assignement, from medieval Latin assignamentum, from Latin assignare ‘allot’, from ad- ‘to’ + signare ‘to sign’.