designate
🇬🇧 UK/'dezigneit/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREA2
Definitions
v.
To officially select or appoint someone for a role; to mark or identify something for a specific purpose.
指定,委任;标明,指明
adj.
Appointed to a position but not yet officially installed.
已获任命但尚未就职的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.designate as指定为
- 2.designate chairman任命主席
- 3.designate successor指定继承人
Example Sentences
- 1.
The board will designate a new chairman at next month's annual meeting.
- 2.
She was designated as the project lead despite her junior position.