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delegate

noun
 
🔊/ˈdelɪɡət/
🔊/ˈdelɪɡət/
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  1.  
    a person who is chosen or elected to represent the views of a group of people and vote and make decisions for them代表；会议代表
    • Congress delegates rejected the proposals.国会代表拒绝了这些提议。
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    • The delegates voted to support the resolution.代表们投票支持这项决议。
    • a delegate from the local Labour party当地工党的代表
    • the British delegate to the United Nations英国驻联合国代表
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • conference
    • congress
    • convention
    • …
    verb + delegate
    • choose
    • elect
    • select
    • …
    delegate + verb
    • attend (something)
    • approve
    • vote (on something)
    • …
    preposition
    • delegate from
    • delegate to
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  2.  
    a person who attends a conference参会人员；会议出席者
    • The conference was attended by delegates from 56 countries.此次会议有来自 56 个国家的代表出席。🔊🔊
    • They decided not to send a delegate to the conference.他们决定不派代表参加会议。
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin delegatus ‘sent on a commission’, from the verb delegare, from de- ‘down’ + legare ‘depute’.

delegate

verb
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they delegate
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪt/
he / she / it delegates
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪts/
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪts/
past simple delegated
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪd/
past participle delegated
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪd/
-ing form delegating
🔊/ˈdelɪɡeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to give part of your work, power or authority to somebody in a lower position than you授（权）；把（工作、权力等）委托（给下级）
    • Some managers find it difficult to delegate.有些经理认为难以做到下放权力。🔊🔊
    • delegate (something) (to somebody) The job had to be delegated to an assistant.这工作得交给助手负责。🔊🔊
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    • I delegate to my assistant whenever possible.我尽可能委托我的助手。
    • Some government power has been delegated to local authorities.一些政府权力已下放给地方当局。
    • Some managers are reluctant to delegate work to their subordinates.一些经理不愿将工作委托给他们的下属。
    • You must learn to delegate responsibility.您必须学会委派责任。
  2. [transitive] [usually passive] to choose somebody to do something选派（某人做某事）
    • be delegated to do something I've been delegated to organize the Christmas party.我被选派来组织圣诞聚会。🔊🔊
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin delegatus ‘sent on a commission’, from the verb delegare, from de- ‘down’ + legare ‘depute’.