Delegate

['delɪgət] or ['dɛlɪɡət]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a person appointed or elected to represent others.

(verb.) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).

(verb.) transfer power to someone.

編輯:威尔玛--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

(n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.

(n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.

(a.) Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.

(v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

(v. t.) To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.

整理:凯蒂

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Depute, commission, appoint as agent, send on an embassy.[2]. Intrust, commit.

n. Deputy, commissioner, representative.

手打:莫林

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Appoint, depute, commission

ANT:Recall, supersede, relegate, discommission

整理:莫尼卡

解釋/意思:

v.t. to send as a legate or representative: to entrust or commit to.—n. one who is delegated: a deputy or representative: (U.S.) a person elected to represent a territory in congress as distinguished from the representatives of the States.—adj. delegated deputed.—ns. Delegā′tion Del′egacy a delegating: the persons delegated.

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