delegate

英 ['delɪɡeɪt] 美 ['delɪɡeɪt]

• n. 代表
• v. 派 ... 为代表；委派；授权；委托

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]代表,代表团成员

   person chosen or elected by others to express their views

v. (动词)

1. vt. 派遣代表

   appoint and send sb as a representative to a meeting

2. vt. 托付

   entrust duties, rights, etc. to sb

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 代表，会议代表，代表团成员
2. 委员
3. 特派员
4. 美国三州（弗吉尼亚、西弗吉尼亚、马里兰）州众（议）院的议员

v. 动词

1. 委托，叫别人去办，委派（某人）做
2. 委任，委派…为代表，任命…作代表
3. 委授，授与
4. 授（权）
5. 把...委托给

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person appointed or elected to represent others

Verb:

1. transfer power to someone

2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Babbitt was an official delegate.
   巴比特是一名正式代表。
2. He was elected as a delegate to the annual conference.
   他被选为年会代表。

用作动词 (v.)

1. He can't delegate command.
   他不能委派代表来指挥。
2. You can't do all the jobs yourself---you can delegate a task to your subordinate.
   你不能包揽所有的工作---你可以把任务委派给下属。
3. The new manager was delegated to reorganize the department.
   这位新经理被授权改组该部门。
4. A boss must know how to delegate .
   当老板的要知人善任.
5. The Chinese people delegate their power to the People's Congress.
   中国人民授权人民代表大会。
6. You must learn to delegate authority to your subordinates
   你必须学会授权给部下。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He was a U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
   他曾是驻联合国的美国代表。
2. He is one of the delegates to the conference.
   他是与会代表之一。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. A boss must know how to delegate work.
   老板应懂得如何分派工作。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

1. The club delegated Tom to attend the national convention.
   俱乐部派汤姆参加全国代表大会。
2. He delegated me to perform a task.
   他委派我去执行一项任务。
3. The children delegated Mary to buy the flowers.
   孩子们委托玛丽去买花。
4. The boss delegated his secretary to show me around the city.
   老板派他的秘书陪我到城里转转。

经典引文

• He [the priest] claims simply to stand as delegate of heaven.

  出自： E. Mellor

• The Paris peace conference had opened..with Wellington and Castlereagh as British delegates.

  出自： E. Longford

• It was the elder boy's duty to decide what tools..were needed and to delegate the small boys to fetch them.

  出自： S. Unwin

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

delegate to (v.+prep.)

把(任务、责任等)委托〔转交〕给(某人) pass (one's own duties, responsibility, etc.) to (sb else) in one's place
delegate sth to sb
He delegated his responsibilities to a deputy.

他把他的职责委托给了一位代理人。
We delegate our power to the People's Congress.

我们将权力委托给人民代表大会。
The routine office work had all been delegated to his executive staff.

日常的办公室工作已经交给了他的执行人员。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• appoint a delegate 委派代表
• call in delegates 召集代表
• send a delegate 派遣代表

形容词+～

• walking delegate 交涉代表
• official delegate 正式代表
• the chief delegate 首席代表

～+介词

• the delegate from Hong Kong 香港代表
• delegates to a convention 会议代表
• delegates without power to vote 列席代表

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• delegate one's responsibilities 委托(某人)职责
• delegate one's rights 委托(某人)权利
• delegate work 委派(某人)工作

～+副词

• delegate authoritatively 可靠地委托
• delegate expressly 特意委托
• delegate formally 正式委托
• delegate nominally 名义上委托
• delegate successfully 成功地托付

～+介词

• delegate sth to 把…委托给(某人)

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. delegate的基本意思是“代表他人”,指受托被派去办理某事,尤指受团体或组织委托去参加会议。引申可指把某事托付某人去办理。
2. delegate是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
3. delegate作“托付”解时,常和介词to连用,表示“把…托付给(某人)”,尤指移交职责或债务。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

delegate, deputy, representative

• 这三个词都可作“代表”解。delegate指政府、党派等正式任命的代表; deputy指被委派正式代表他人具体办事或行使权力的人; representative则指推选出来的或权力机关正式任命的代表。

delegate，deputy，representative，agent，substitute

• 这些名词有“代表、代理人”之意。
• delegate指一般被派参加某一会议的代表。
• deputy指上级授权代理行事的代表，特指被选择为执行全部或部分公务的人。
• representative一般指被选举或委派代表某人或一些人或某个较大团体的人，其职务有时是较长期的。
• agent普通用词，通常指经授权代理另一个人或团体，或指在双方之间代表一方起中间作用的人。
• substitute主要强调某人或某物可以用来代替别的人或物的作用。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自拉丁语的delegare，意为派往。

近反义词

【近义词】

• agent
• representative