When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name. 命名
verb [vt. 及物动词] 把……定名为，把……描述为；任命，指定；标明，标示
There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark. 在努力把这座桥定为历史地标。
adjective [原级] 已当选而尚未上任的
Japan's prime minister-designate is completing his cabinet today. 日本即将上任的首相今天将完成他的内阁组建。
后缀: ate
【verb/adjective】 表示使成为或具有某种特性的 - indicating to make or become
原词: designate
是通过后缀 【ate】 构成的派生词
de(表加强) + sign(签署) + ate(做) → 指派
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- If you want to designate a period, you have to look at tangible things like pottery, particularly painted pottery, because it's easier to categorize. 如果你想标注某段时期，你必须借助有形的事物，就像陶器，尤其是彩绘陶器，因为它们更容易分类。
- ...a man interviewed in one of our studies whom we shall designate as E. …一个我们在一项研究中采访过并会将其命名为E的男人。
- Designate someone as the spokesperson. 指派某人为发言人。