词根\词缀释义：mark 做记号

Assign（v.）=as（ad） +sign =to +mark=指派（给人做标记）

/ə'saɪn/

1.VERB      动词分派（工作）；布置（作业） If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.

【语法信息】：V n to n

【语法信息】：V n n

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：Also V n to-inf

When I taught, I would assign a topic to children which they would write about...

我教课时会给孩子们布置一个题目，让他们就这个题目写点东西。

Later in the year, she'll assign them research papers...

今年晚些时候，她将给他们指定研究论文。

When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it.

当老师布置家庭作业的时候，学生们通常觉得做作业是分内之事。

2.VERB      动词分配;配给 If you assign something to someone, you say that it is for their use.

【语法信息】：V n to n

【语法信息】：V n n

The selling broker is then required to assign a portion of the commission to the buyer broker...

卖方经纪人须随后将部分佣金分给买方经纪人。

He assigned her all his land in Ireland.

他把自己在爱尔兰的所有土地都转给了她。

3.VERB      动词委派;派往;指派 If someone is assigned to a particular place, group, or person, they are sent there, usually in order to work at that place or for that person.

【语法信息】：be V-ed to n

【语法信息】：be V-ed adv

【语法信息】：be V-ed n

【搭配模式】：usu passive

I was assigned to Troop A of the 10th Cavalry...

我被派往第10骑兵队的A连。

Did you choose Russia or were you simply assigned there?...

你是自己选择去的俄罗斯还是就是被派到那里的？

Each of us was assigned a minder, someone who looked after us.

我们每个人都被派了一个看护人来照顾我们。

4.VERB      动词赋予，给予（功能或价值） If you assign a particular function or value to someone or something, you say they have it.

【语法信息】：V n to n

【语法信息】：V n n

Under Mr. Harel's system, each business must assign a value to each job...

根据哈雷尔先生的体系，每个企业必须赋予每份工作一定的价值。

Assign the letters of the alphabet their numerical values — A equals 1, B equals 2, etc.

给字母表里的每个字母赋予相应的数值——A等于1，B等于2，等等。

Signet（n.）=印章（有标记）

/'sɪgnɪt/

a metal object used for printing a small pattern in wax as an official seal 图章，私章

“The paperback rights to Carrie went to Signet Books for four hundred thousand dollars.”

“《魔女嘉丽》的简装本版权卖给了Signet出版社，价钱是四十万美元。”

Insignia（n.）=勋章

/ɪn'sɪɡnɪə/

1.N-COUNT      可数名词(常指军队的)徽章,标志,识别符号 An insignia is a design or symbol which shows that a person or object belongs to a particular organization, often a military one.

The red star was the national insignia of the USSR.

红星曾是苏联的国家标志。

Consignation（n.）=加强语气+ mark=委托（签名同意）

/ˌkɑnsɪg'neʃən/

1.[T] formal to send something somewhere, especially in order to sell it 〔尤指为了卖掉〕运送，托运，处置

2 consign somebody/something to something phr v formal

a) to make someone or something be in a particular situation, especially a bad one 把…置于〔尤指不好的境地〕

 It was a decision which consigned him to political obscurity.

就是一个决定使得他在政治上未能出人头地。

consign somebody/something to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc BrE

 Many older people feel they have been consigned to the medical scrapheap.

许多老年人感觉自己在医疗方面被随随便便打发了。

b) to put something somewhere, especially in order to get rid of it 弃置，置于〔尤指准备丢弃〕

 The shoes looked so tatty that I consigned them to the back of the cupboard.

这双鞋这么破烂，我把它放到柜子的最里面去了。

Insignificant（adj.）=not +mark +make =微不足道（不需要标记）

/ˌɪnsɪɡ'nɪfɪkənt/

1.ADJ-GRADED      能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词不重要的;无足轻重的 Something that is insignificant is unimportant, especially because it is very small.

In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city.

1949 年时波恩还是个无足轻重的小城市。