assign vt. 1.分配,派给。 2.指定,选定,定。 3.把…归因于。 4.【法律】把(财产、权利等)转让,让与,过户给。 They assigned me a small room. 他们分给我一个小房间。 The rooms were assigned to the workers. 把房间分配给工人。 The teacher assigned ten problems for today. 老师今天指定十个问题。 The event is assigned to various causes. 这一事件被归因于各种原因。 detectives assigned to the case 负责侦破该案的刑警。 assign property to another 把财产转让给别人。 vi. 【法律】转让财产。 n. 【法律】受让人。 heirs and assigns 继承人和受让人。 adj. -able
until Wait until four o'clock. 等到四点钟。 It was not until yesterday that I learned it. 到昨天我才知道。 1.直到…为止;到(…的时候)。 2.在…以前;不到…(不)〔用在否定句中〕。 Wait here until I come. 在这儿一直等到我来。 He didn't come back until the sun had set. 他直到太阳落山以后才回来。 ★ till 与 until 同义,但在主句之前的从句或短语中,通常用 until: Until he returns, nothing can be done. 他不回来什么也不能做。 unless and until =until.