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consign

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con·sign /kənˈsaɪn/ verb
1.BBT[transitiveT] formal to send something somewhere, especially in order to sell it 〔尤指爲了賣掉〕運送,托運,處置
2consign somebody/something to something phrasal verbphr v formal 
a) to make someone or something be in a particular situation, especially a bad one 置於〔尤指不好的境地〕
It was a decision which consigned him to political obscurity.
就是一個決定使得他在政治上未能出人頭地。
consign somebody/something to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc British EnglishBrE
Many older people feel they have been consigned to the medical scrapheap.
許多老年人感覺自己在醫療方面被随随便便打發了。
b) to put something somewhere, especially in order to get rid of it 棄置,置於〔尤指準備丢棄〕
The shoes looked so tatty that I consigned them to the back of the cupboard.
這雙鞋這麽破爛,我把它放到櫃子的最裏面去了。
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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
con·sign verb
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