allocate ['æl.ə.keɪt] verb transitive ADVANCED ■to give something to someone as their share of a total amount, for them to use in a particular way 分配;分派;拨给,划拨•The government is allocating £10 million for health education.政府将拨出1000万英镑作为健康教育经费。 •[+ two objects] As project leader, you will have to allocate people jobs/allocate jobs to people.作为企划案负责人,你必须给大家分派工作。 •It is not the job of the investigating committee to allocate blame for the disaster/to allocate blame to individuals.调查委员会的任务不是确定谁该为这场灾难负责任/哪些人应该负责任。 |