designation
designation 英 [ˌdezɪgˈneɪʃn] 美 [ˌdɛzɪɡˈneʃən]
n. 指定；名称；指示；选派
名词复数:designations
- When something has a designation, it has a title or a description that helps you identify it. The “organic” designation on the vegetables you buy lets you know that no pesticides were used in growing the plants.
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- n. 指定；名称；指示；选派
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1. This designation was a blessing in those years as it helped fight proposals for a freeway across the heart of the area.
这个名称在那个时期是一种幸事，它帮助阻止了一项旨在建立一条从城区心脏地带穿过的快车道的建议。
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2. I think that the current politically correct designation is First Nations peoples, since this group is made up of many tribes.
我认为目前的在政治上恰当的名称是原住民，因为这个群体是由很多部落组成的。
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3. This "off-limits" designation also gently trains your household to respect this personal parental space -- but we still recommend locking the door for your own peace of mind before lovemaking begins.
这一“禁止入内”的指示也温和地培养家人要尊重父母的这一私人领地——但我们建议您在亲昵之前还是要锁上自己房间的门。
- designation (n.) late 14c., "action of pointing out," from Old French designacion or directly from Latin designationem (nominative designatio) "a marking out, specification," noun of action from past participle stem of designare "mark out, devise, choose, designate, appoint," from de- "out" (see de-) + signare "to mark," from signum "identifying mark, sign" (see sign (n.)). Meaning "descriptive name" is from 1824.
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