consign

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con·sign /kənˈsaɪn/ verb

1.BBT[transitiveT] formal to send something somewhere, especially in order to sell it 〔尤指为了卖掉〕运送，托运，处置

2 consign somebody/something to something phrasal verbphr v formal

a) to make someone or something be in a particular situation, especially a bad one 把…置于〔尤指不好的境地〕

It was a decision which consigned him to political obscurity.

就是一个决定使得他在政治上未能出人头地。

consign somebody/something to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc British EnglishBrE

Many older people feel they have been consigned to the medical scrapheap.

许多老年人感觉自己在医疗方面被随随便便打发了。

b) to put something somewhere, especially in order to get rid of it 弃置，置于〔尤指准备丢弃〕

The shoes looked so tatty that I consigned them to the back of the cupboard.

这双鞋这么破烂，我把它放到柜子的最里面去了。

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consign to • Keep Warm Consign seeds to a heated propagator or a warm, light windowsill.• States could raise academic standards for some students and consign others to a new and marginally improved version of job training.• After being voted out of office, Rios Montt seemed consigned to political obscurity.• Edgar put out the ageing Donald's eyes and consigned him to prison.• He also consigned three paintings to Sotheby's 17 November New York contemporary sale all of which failed to sell.• I've consigned all your oat bran and vitamins to the back of the pantry.• Putin's arrival has consigned that approach to the dustbin.• A lone clerk sifts through, consigning some to the incinerator and some to a filed.• He needs public statements and unmistakable public gestures that consign the Clintons to the past, while upholding their broad political agenda.• The vendor of these two pictures had previously consigned them to Thomas Gibson who had been offering them at considerably higher prices.

Examples from the Corpus

consign• Edgar put out the ageing Donald's eyes and consigned him to prison.• Giles Aplin examined it with some interest before consigning it to a buttoned pocket without comment.• A lone clerk sifts through, consigning some to the incinerator and some to a filed.• Those naive souls who have longed for a simpler and better way have had to consign their visions to pointless daydreams.• Linzey rather lamely consigns this to the problem of evil.• After that they were consigned to a tackling chore of grinding intensity.• They have been consigned to waiting lists.

From Longman Business Dictionary

consigncon·sign /kənˈsaɪn/ verb [transitiveT] formal

1TRANSPORTCOMMERCEto send or deliver goods to someone, usually someone who has bought them

Another copy of the document is sent to the party to whom the goods are consigned.

2if you consign a work of art to an AUCTIONEER, you ask them to sell it

He has consigned a Rembrandt to Sotheby’s.

Origin consign

(1400-1500) French consigner, from Latin consignare, from com- ( → COM-) + signum “mark, seal”

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