as‧sign‧ment S2 AC / əsaɪnmənt / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] a piece of work that is given to someone as part of their job

on an assignment

She’s gone to Italy on a special assignment.

on assignment

He was killed while on assignment abroad.

2 [可数名词] a piece of work that a student is asked to do :

a history assignment

3 [不可数名词] when people are given particular jobs to do

4 [可数名词] something such as a place to sit, piece of equipment etc that you are given to use for a particular purpose :

an aeroplane seat assignment