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分配;指定;约会;让
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Assignation \As`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare:
cf. F. assignation.]
1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
This order being taken in the senate, as touching
the appointment and assignation of those provinces.
--Holland.
2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview;
-- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a
bad sense.
While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.
--Pope.
3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
{House of assignation}, a house in which appointments for
sexual intercourse are fulfilled.
资料来源 : WordNet®
assignation
n 1: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: {tryst}]
2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of
seats in the House of Representatives is based on the
relative population of each state" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment},
{apportioning}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {parcelling}]