designate
/ˈdezɪɡneɪt/VCE📚 5310 106 2六级考研托福雅思When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name. 命名
verb [vt. 及物动词]把……定名为，把……描述为；任命，指定；标明，标示
There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark.
在努力把这座桥定为历史地标。
adjective [原级]已当选而尚未上任的
Japan's prime minister-designate is completing his cabinet today.
日本即将上任的首相今天将完成他的内阁组建。
de(表加强) + sign(签署) + ate(做) → 指派
单词造句:
- 网友用“Designate”造句精选
- ...a man interviewed in one of our studies whom we shall designate as E. …一个我们在一项研究中采访过并会将其命名为E的男人。
- Designate someone as the spokesperson. 指派某人为发言人。
- If you want to designate a period, you have to look at tangible things like pottery, particularly painted pottery, because it's easier to categorize. 如果你想标注某段时期，你必须借助有形的事物，就像陶器，尤其是彩绘陶器，因为它们更容易分类。