to give a particular job or piece of work to someone

[ + two objects ] UN troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital. 重建这所医院的任务被指派给了联合国部队。

The case has been assigned to our most senior officer. 这个案件已经指派给我们最高级别的警官来处理。

If you assign a time for a job or activity, you decide it will be done during that time.

Have you assigned a day for the interviews yet? 你们定下哪一天进行面试了吗？

If you assign a characteristic or value to something, you say that it has it.

Each visitor to the site chooses an online alter ego, which is assigned a name. 该网站的每个访问者都会选择一个线上的分身，后者会分配到一个名称。

to decide a reason for something

Detectives have been unable to assign a motive for the murder. 侦探们一直无法确定谋杀的动机。

assign blame The report assigned the blame for the accident to inadequate safety regulations. 报告中，事故的责任被归咎于安全规章不健全。

to send someone somewhere to do a job

She was assigned to the newspaper's Berlin office. 她被派到报社驻柏林的办事处。

to put a value in a particular position in the memory of a computer

to give property, money, or rights using a legal process

Her property was assigned to her grandchildren. 她的财产转让给了她的孙辈。

assign someone to somethingC2 指派（某人）做…