I. Assign là ngoại động từ
1. Mang nghĩa "phân công ai làm công việc gì"
=to give someone a job to do be assigned to something
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- với nghĩa này, thường chia bị động (được chỉ định)
- assign something to someone
- be assigned something
- assign tasks/responsibilities/objectives, etc. (to sb)
- assign sb to do sth
- Two senior officers were assigned to the investigation.
- It’s his job to assign tasks to the various members of the team.
- Mountbatten was assigned responsibility for retaking the territory.
- UN troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital.
- the teacher has assigned each of us a holiday task (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: thầy giáo đã phân cho mỗi chúngtôi bài làm trong kỳ nghỉ)
- The case has been assigned to our most senior officer.
- We assigned Alberto the task of watching the children.
- The document outlines how the organization will be run and how research tasks will be assigned.
- They assigned him to analyse computer records to look for signs of fraud.
2. Mang nghĩa "chỉ định cho ai một nhiệm vụ làm việc ở đâu đó"
=to send someone to a particular place, especially in order for them to work there
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- be assigned to something
- assigned abroad
- He was assigned to the company’s branch in Cairo.
- She was assigned to the newspaper's Berlin office.
- Judith was assigned to the office in Washington, D.C.
- Over the past decade, the organization has doubled its number of managers assigned abroad.
3. Mang nghĩa "phân công / chỉ định ai vào 1 nhóm nào đó"
=to put someone in a particular group be assigned to something
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- Tina has been assigned to the intermediate learners’ group.
- Each individual was assigned to a team representing a major stakeholder. be assigned to sth I've been assigned to the finance department on a temporary basis.
4. Mang nghĩa "phân cho ai cái gì phục vụ mục đích công việc"
=to give someone money or equipment so that they can use it for a particular purpose
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- be assigned something
- assign sth to sb
- I was assigned a car for my personal use.
- Each employee will be assigned an individual work area, with a desk and shelving.
5. Mang nghĩa "chỉ định tên cho ai đó / cái gì"
=to decide that something has a particular name, use, or value
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- The operation was assigned the code name ‘Rita’.
6. Mang nghĩa "phân bổ thời gian / tiền ra để làm gì"
=to decide that something should take a particular amount of time or money / If you assign a time or moneyfor a job or activity, you decide it will be done during that time
IELTS TUTOR lưu ý:
- I have assigned four hours for recording the data.
- Have you assigned a day for the interviews yet?
- shall we assign Thursdays for our weekly meeting ? (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: chúng ta sẽ ấn định các cuộc họp hàng tuần vào các ngày thứ năm chứ?)
- They assigned a large sum of money to research and development.
- Locals are frustrated that of the $110bn assigned by Congress in relief aid, only $53bn has actually been spent.
7. Mang nghĩa "quy cho, gán cái gì là nguyên nhân gây ra sự việc gì"
=to decide a reason for something
- Detectives have been unable to assign a motive for the murder.
- The report assigned the blame for the accident to inadequate safety regulations.
8. Mang nghĩa "chuyển nhượng (tài sản, quyền lợi...) cho ai"
=to give property, money, or rights using a legal process
- to assign one's property to somebody (IELTS TUTOR giải thích: nhượng lại tài sản cho ai)
- Her property was assigned to her grandchildren.
9. Mang nghĩa "phân phát cái gì cho ai đó một cách ngăn nắp, gọn gàng"
=If you assign things to people, you give them out in an organized way
IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ:
- We’re assigning seats on a first-come, first-serve basis.