de·pute /dɪˈpjut/
(vt.)指定代理人,委以代理人,委任
De·pute v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deputing.]
1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.
There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. --2. Sam. xv. 3.
Some persons, deputed by a meeting. --Macaulay.
2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [R.]
The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. --Barrow.
De·pute, n. A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]
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depute
v 1: transfer power to someone [syn: delegate]
2: appoint as a substitute [syn: deputize, deputise]
3: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task
to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, assign]