- [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，任務 Students are required to complete all homework assignments. 學生被要求完成所有的家庭作業。 You will need to complete three written assignments per semester. 你每學期要完成三個書面作業。 a business/special assignment 商業/特殊任務 I had set myself a tough assignment. 我給自己定了一項艱巨任務。 - on an assignment
She is in Greece on an assignment for one of the Sunday newspapers. 她在希臘爲一家星期日報執行一項任務。 - on assignment
one of our reporters on assignment in China 我們派駐中國的一名記者
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb1The students handed in their assignments. 學生們交了作業。 The teacher gave us an assignment on pollution. 老師給我們布置了有關污染的作業。 Why did you take on this assignment if you're so busy? 既然你這麽忙，爲什麽還要承擔這項任務？ He refused to accept the assignment. 他拒絕接受這項任務。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reading
- writing
- written
- …
- give
- hand out
- set
- …
- assignment on
- [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 他在同一公司内擔任的其他職務
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- special
- important
- dangerous
- …
- accept
- take on
- get
- …
- on assignment
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French assignement, from medieval Latin assignamentum, from Latin assignare ‘allot’, from ad- ‘to’ + signare ‘to sign’.