delegate

delegate

英 ['delɪgət]
　　美 ['dɛlɪɡət]

vt. 委派…為代表
　　n. 代表

v.(動詞)delegate的基本意思是“代表他人”,指受托被派去辦理某事,尤指受團體或組織委托去參加會議。引申可指把某事托付某人去辦理。delegate是及物動詞,可接名詞或代詞作賓語,也可接以動詞不定式充當補足語的復合賓語。delegate作“托付”解時,常和介詞to連用,表示“把…托付給(某人)”,尤指移交職責或債務。

中文詞源：

delegate 授權，委托

de-, 向下，離開。-leg, 法律，送出，詞源同legal, legate. 即依法授權，委托。

例句：

1. Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
霍頓的軟肋在於他不懂得放權。

2. The delegate moved for a reconsideration of the suggestion.
這位代表提議重新考慮這一建議.

3. The Chinese people delegate their power to the People's Congress.
中國人民授權人民代表大會.

4. They drafted her to serve as their delegate.
他們選她當代表.

5. A delegate from Siberia proposed a resolution that he stand down as party chairman.
一名來自西伯利亞的代表提議他辭去黨主席的職務。