assignment

課題、任務

学校や仕事などで、終わらせるように頼まれた作業。

やさしい英語で： A piece of work that someone asks you to complete, especially for school or a job.

• I finished my assignment.
• The teacher gave us three writing assignments.
• She is on assignment in Paris this week.

類義語： task, project

よく使う表現： homework assignment, complete an assignment, on assignment

割り当て

人に仕事や責任、いくつかの課題を与えること。

やさしい英語で： The act of giving someone a job, duty, or set of tasks.

• The assignment of duties was fair.
• She handles task assignment for the whole team.
• We reviewed the assignment of responsibilities yesterday.

使い方： assignment of something to someone (The assignment of duties to each worker took an hour.)

類義語： allocation, delegation

よく使う表現： assignment of tasks, assignment of duties, task assignment

分類

人や物を特定の集団や種類に分けて入れること。

やさしい英語で： The act of placing someone or something in a particular group or category.

• Category assignment depends on the object's features.
• Her assignment to that group was incorrect.
• The assignment of each species to a family requires careful study.

使い方： assignment of something to something (The assignment of this plant to that family is disputed.)

類義語： classification, categorization

よく使う表現： category assignment, assignment to something, class assignment