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assignment

英/ɐsˈaɪnmənt/
美/əˈsaɪnmənt/
01n.

分配, 功课, 任务, 转让, 归因, 陈述

a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another; the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)