anoint
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/əˈnɔɪnt/us
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/əˈnɔɪnt/ verb formal to choose someone to do a particular job, usually by a person in authority: It remains to be seen whom the chairman will anoint as his successor. 董事长将指定何人作为其接班人，还需拭目以待。
designate
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/ˈdez.ɪg.neɪt/ verb to choose someone officially to do a particular job: Traditionally, the president designates his or her successor. 按照传统，总统要选定其接班人。
nominate
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/ˈnɑː.mə.neɪt/ verb to officially choose someone for a job or to do something: She was nominated as the delegation's official interpreter. 她被任命为代表团的正式翻译。
designate
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/ˈdez.ɪg.neɪt/ verb to say officially that a place or thing has a particular character or purpose: This area of the park has been specially designated for children. 公园的这个区域被划定为儿童活动区。
prescribe
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/prɪˈskraɪb/ verb formal to tell someone what they must have or do, or to make a rule of something: Penalties for not paying taxes are prescribed by law. 法律上规定了不交税的惩罚措施。
name
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/neɪm/ B2 verb to choose someone or something: Just name the time and I'll be there. 你说时间好了，我一定准时到那里。
nomination
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/ˌnɑː.məˈneɪ.ʃən/ noun the act of officially choosing someone for a job or position: the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court 艾琳娜·卡根作为最高法院法官的提名
指定的
prescriptive
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/prɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/us
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/prɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/ adjective formal mainly disapproving saying exactly what must happen, especially by giving an instruction or making a rule: Most teachers think the government's guidelines on homework are too prescriptive. 大部分教师认为政府有关家庭作业的规定太刻板了。
再指定
reassign
/ˌriː.əˈsaɪn//ˌriː.əˈsaɪn/ verb to give someone a different job or position: They will be reassigned to other duties in the department. 他们会被派去做这个部门的其他工作。
reassignment
/ˌriː.əˈsaɪn.mənt//ˌriː.əˈsaɪn.mənt/ noun the act of giving someone a different job or position, or an example of this: Our department deals with the reassignment of personnel. 我们的部门负责处理人员的重新分配。
指定地区
designation
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/ˌdez.ɪgˈneɪ.ʃən/us
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/ˌdez.ɪgˈneɪ.ʃən/ noun the act of designating a place or thing: The area qualifies for designation as a site of special scientific interest. 该地区作为具有特殊科学趣味的区域真是名不虚传。
指定教材
set text
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/ˌset ˈtekst/us
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/ˌset ˈtekst/ noun UK a book or piece of writing that must be studied for a particular course: His "History of Italian Art" (1968) is a set text that has influenced countless Italian schoolchildren. 他的《意大利艺术史》（1968年）是一部影响了无数意大利中小学生的指定教材。
指定事物
designation
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/ˌdez.ɪgˈneɪ.ʃən/us
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/ˌdez.ɪgˈneɪ.ʃən/ noun the act of designating a place or thing: The area qualifies for designation as a site of special scientific interest. 该地区作为具有特殊科学趣味的区域真是名不虚传。
指定司机
designated driver
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/ˌdez.ɪg.neɪ.t̬ɪd ˈdraɪ.vɚ/ noun one person in a group who agrees not to drink alcohol in order to drive the other people to and from a place where they will drink alcohol: Tom said he'd be the designated driver when we go out tonight. 汤姆说今晚外出时他不喝酒，作我们的司机。
被指定的
appointed
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/əˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪd/ adjective officially chosen for a job or responsibility: I'd like to introduce our newly appointed members of staff. 我来介绍一下我们刚任用的职员。
非指定的
non-directed
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/ˌnɑːn.dɪˈrek.tɪd/ adjective not involving rules or instructions about what to say or do: I used a simple set of questions to obtain a significant sample of these vowels in nondirected speech. 我使用了一组简单的问题来获取非特定语音中这些元音的重要样本。
新指定的
designate
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/ˈdez.ɪg.nət/ adjective used after the title of a particular official job to refer to someone chosen to do that job, but who has not yet started doing it: the Secretary General/Managing Director designate 新任命的秘书长／总经理
尤指与出生时被指定的性别不同的情况
affirmed gender
/əˌfɜːmd ˈdʒen.dər//əˌfɝːmd ˈdʒen.dɚ/ noun someone's gender, especially when it does not match the gender they were said to have at birth: She campaigned to change the company's dress policy so that all employees could dress in a way that reflected their affirmed gender. 她发起运动以改变公司的着装政策，以便所有员工的着装都能反映出他们所自我确认的性别。
预先指定的
pre-assigned
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/ˌpriː.əˈsaɪnd/us
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/ˌpriː.əˈsaɪnd/ adjective given a value, characteristic, or purpose before a particular time or activity: Each member of the team has a pre-assigned role.
指定的性别
assigned gender
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/əˌsaɪnd ˈdʒen.dɚ/ noun the gender that someone is said to be when they are born that is usually based on their body: Her early music was recorded under her birth name and assigned gender. 她早期的音乐是以她的本名和指定性别录制的。
指定球员规则
the designated player rule
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/ˌdez.ɪg.neɪ.t̬ɪd ˈpleɪ.ɚ ˌruːl/ noun a rule that allows football clubs in the US to buy a foreign player for a higher amount or pay them more than the usual limit: Fans support the designated player rule because Major League Soccer clubs need to attract world class players. 球迷对指定球员规则表示支持，因为美国职业足球大联盟需要吸引世界级球员。
指定受话人的
person-to-person
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/ˌpɝː.sən.təˈpɝː.sən/ adjective US A person-to-person phone call is one in which you ask the operator to allow you to speak directly to a particular person.
指定学习材料
set text
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/ˌset ˈtekst/ noun UK a book or piece of writing that must be studied for a particular course: His "History of Italian Art" (1968) is a set text that has influenced countless Italian schoolchildren. 他的《意大利艺术史》（1968年）是一部影响了无数意大利中小学生的指定教材。