delegated

柯林斯詞典

名詞讀作?d?l?g?t。動詞讀作?d?l??ge?t。

1. N-COUNT A delegate is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting. 代表
The Canadian delegate offered no reply. 那位加拿大代表沒給答複。
2. V-T/V-I If you delegate duties, responsibilities, or power to someone, you give them those duties, those responsibilities, or that power so that they can act on your behalf. 委托; 授權(quán)
He talks of travelling less, and delegating more authority to his deputies. 他說要減少旅行，還有要授予他的副手們更多的權(quán)力。
3. delegationN-UNCOUNT 委托; 授權(quán)
A key factor in running a business is the delegation of responsibility. 經(jīng)商的一個關(guān)鍵因素是責任委托。
4. V-T If you are delegated to do something, you are given the duty of acting on someone else's behalf by making decisions, voting, or doing some particular work. 委派[usu passive]
Officials have now been delegated to start work on a draft settlement. 官員們現(xiàn)已被委派開始準備一份擬定協(xié)議。