每日英语单词117:delegate


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delegate

[ ˈdelɪɡət]  

[ ˈdelɪɡeɪt]    

n.  代表,代表团成员;

vt.  委派代表;  授权给;  [法律]债务转移;

词根:de加强+leg法律+ate人,也可表示动词→加强法律之人→代表

词根

leg

1. =law,表示"法律"; 2. =speak,read,表示"讲,读,说"

形近词

 

 

illegal

[ɪˈli:gl]  

[ɪˈliɡəl] 

adj.  不合法的,违法的; 违反规则的;

n.  非法移民,非法劳工; 间谍;

词根:il不+legal合法的→adj.非法的

legend

[ˈledʒənd]   [ˈlɛdʒənd]      

n.  传说;  传奇人物;  铭文;  图例;

词根:leg讲,读,说+end结束→讲出的东西→传奇的故事;引申为地图的图例

allege 

[əˈledʒ]  

[əˈlɛdʒ] 

vt.  断言,宣称,辩解;  提出作为理由;

词根:al+leg,,+e→一再讲宣称

college

[ˈkɒlɪdʒ]  

[ˈkɑːlɪdʒ] 

n.  大学; (英国)学院; 学会; (尤指必须交费的)中学;

词根:col共同+leg,,+e→共同说,共同读的地方大学


 

delegate
英 [ ˈdelɪɡət]   美 [ ˈdelɪɡeɪt] 
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n.  代表,代表团成员;
vt.  委派代表; 授权给; [法律]债务转移;
词根:de加强+leg法律+ate人,也可表示动词→加强法律之人→代表
① (N-COUNT) 代表;(尤指)会议代表 
A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people,especially at a conference or a meeting.
② (VERB) 授(权);把(职责、责任等)委托(给) 
If you delegate duties, responsibilities, or power to someone, you give them those duties,those responsibilities, or that power so that they can act on your behalf.
● He plans to delegate more authority to his deputies... 
他打算把更多的权力交给副手。
③ (VERB) 授权,委派(做) 
If you are delegated to do something, you are given the duty of acting on someone else's behalf bymaking decisions, voting, or doing some particular work.
● Officials have now been delegated to start work on a draft settlement. 
现在已经委派官员着手起草解决方案。
 
形近词:
1、illegal
英 [ɪˈli:gl]   美 [ɪˈliɡəl] 
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adj.  不合法的,违法的; 违反规则的;
n.  非法移民,非法劳工; 间谍;
词根:il不+legal合法的→adj.非法的
① (ADJ) 不合法的;非法的;违反规则的 
If something is illegal, the law says that it is not allowed.
● It is illegal to intercept radio messages... 
拦截无线电报是非法的。
② (ADJ) (移民)非法入境的;(劳工)非法务工的 
Illegal immigrants or workers have travelled into a country or are working without official permission.
 
2、legend
英 [ˈledʒənd]   美 [ˈlɛdʒənd] 
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n.  传说; 传奇人物; 铭文; 图例;
词根:leg讲,读,说+end→讲出的东西→传奇的故事;引申为地图的图例
① (N-VAR) 传说;传奇 
A legend is a very old and popular story that may be true.
● ...the legends of a ncient Greece... 
古希腊传说
② (N-COUNT) 传奇人物;巨匠;大师 
If you refer to someoneas a legend, you mean that they are very famous and admired by a lot of people.
● ...blues legends JohnLee Hooker and B.B. King. 
布鲁斯音乐大师约翰·李·胡克和B. B. 金
③ (N-VAR) 传奇故事;家喻户晓的故事;热门故事
A legend is a story that people talk about, concerning people, places, or events that exist or arefamous at the present time.
● The incident has sincebecome a family legend... 
此事自此成为了家族传奇。
 
3、allege 
英[əˈledʒ]   美[əˈlɛdʒ] 
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vt.  断言,宣称,辩解;提出…作为理由;
词根:al再+leg讲,读,说+e→一再讲→宣称
①(VERB) (未提出证据而)断言,指称,声称
If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it.
●She alleged that there was rampant drug use among the male members of the group...
她声称该团体中有大量的男性成员吸毒。
 
4、college
英[ˈkɒlɪdʒ]   美[ˈkɑːlɪdʒ] 
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n.  大学;(英国)学院;学会;(尤指必须交费的)中学;
词根:col共同+leg讲,读,说+e→共同说,共同读的地方→大学
① (N-VAR; N-IN-NAMES) 大学;学院;专科学校 
A collegeis an institution where students study after they have left school.
● Their daughter Joanna is doing business studies at a local college... 
他们的女儿乔安娜在当地的一所学院念商科。
② (N-COUNT) (英国某些大学设立的)学院 
A college is one of the institutions which some British universities are divided into.
● He was educated at Balliol College,Oxford. 
他上的是牛津大学的贝利奥尔学院。
③ (N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES) (美国某些大学的专科)学院 
At some universities in the UnitedStates, colleges are divisions which offer degrees in particular subjects.
● ...a professor at the University of Florida College of Law. 
佛罗里达大学法学院的一位教授
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