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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-derived
dedown, away, reversal
+
signmark, sign, seal
+
ateto make, having
=designate

Common 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.

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