con·sign
verb/kənˈsaɪn/
/kənˈsaɪn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they consign | /kənˈsaɪn/ /kənˈsaɪn/ |
| he / she / it consigns | /kənˈsaɪnz/ /kənˈsaɪnz/ |
| past simple consigned | /kənˈsaɪnd/ /kənˈsaɪnd/ |
| past participle consigned | /kənˈsaɪnd/ /kənˈsaɪnd/ |
| -ing form consigning | /kənˈsaɪnɪŋ/ /kənˈsaɪnɪŋ/ |
- consign somebody/something to something to put somebody/something somewhere in order to get rid of them/it
（为摆脱而）把…置于，把…交付给 - I consigned her letter to the wastebasket.
我把她的信丢进了废纸篓。 - What I didn't want was to see my mother consigned to an old people's home.
我所不愿意的是看到我母亲被送进养老院。
- I consigned her letter to the wastebasket.
- consign somebody/something to something to put somebody/something in an unpleasant situation
把…置于（令人不快的境地）；打发；发落 - The decision to close the factory has consigned 6 000 people to the scrapheap.
关闭那家工厂的决定使 6 000 人遭到了遗弃。 - A car accident consigned him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
一次车祸使他落得在轮椅上度过余生。
- The decision to close the factory has consigned 6 000 people to the scrapheap.
- consign something to somebody to give or send something to somebody
交给；交付；寄送
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘mark with the sign of the cross’, especially at baptism or confirmation, as a sign of dedication to God): from French consigner or Latin consignare ‘mark with a seal’.