consign
UK/kәn'sain/US
IELTSTOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To send goods to someone, especially to be sold.
（尤指为出售而）发货，寄售。
v.
To hand someone or something over to a person, place, or fate.
把……交付给；把……打发到。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcon- (together, fully) + sign (to sign/seal) = 'to seal over.' Latin consignāre meant to mark with a seal, to certify. In commerce, to consign is to sign goods into an agent's keeping to sell on your behalf. Figuratively it turned darker: to consign something to oblivion or the past is to hand it over for good.
Root sign still carries 17 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.consign to交付给
- 2.consign goods发货
- 3.consign to oblivion打入冷宫／使被遗忘
- 4.on consignment寄售
Example Sentences
- 1.
The artist consigned three paintings to the gallery for sale.
- 2.
The old letters were consigned to a dusty box in the attic.
- 3.
History has consigned the dictator to infamy.