consign [kən'saɪn] formal verb transitive ■to send something to someone 运送;投递;托运;交付•The goods have been consigned to you by air.货物已经空运给你了。 [kən'saɪn] formal verb transitive Phrasal Verbs [often passive] consign sb/sth to sth ■to get rid of someone or something or to put them in an unpleasant place or situation 把…打发掉;把…置于,使…处于(不利境地)•to be consigned to prison被投入监狱 •After the financial disaster, she was consigned to a life of poverty.金融危机之后,她的生活陷于贫困。 |