delegate

delegate, deputy, representative, agent, substitute

名词 delegate:

1. a person appointed or elected to represent others

动词 delegate:

1. transfer power to someone
   同义词：depute
2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
   同义词：designate, depute, assign

1. The new manager was delegated to reorganize the department.
   派这位新经理重新组织该部门。
2. The job had to be delegated to an assistant.
   这项工作得交给助手去做。
3. A boss must know how to delegate (work).
   当老板的要知人善任。
4. He was elected as a delegate to the annual conference.
   他被选为年会代表。

del.e.gate

n.Abbr. del.（名词）缩写 del.
A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or an agent.
代表：被授权代表别人的人；代理人
A representative to a conference or convention.
会议代表，大会代表
A member of a House of Delegates, the lower house of the Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia legislature.
州议院议员：马里兰州、弗吉尼亚州和西弗吉尼亚州三州国会议员中的众议院议员
An elected or appointed representative of a U.S. territory in the House of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote.
准州列席代表：被选出或任命的美国准州在众议院中的代表，被授予演说权，但不能投票选举
v.tr.（及物动词）
del.e.gat.ed,del.e.gat.ing,del.e.gates[-g3t.]
To authorize and send (another person) as one`s representative.
授权并派遣（他人）作某人的代表
To commit or entrust to another:
委托他人：
例句：
delegate a task to a subordinate.
把任务委托给下属

Law To appoint (one`s debtor) as a debtor to one`s creditor in place of oneself.
【法律】 债务转移：将自己的债务人转移给自己的债权人

来源：
Middle English delegat
中古英语 delegat
from Medieval Latin dôlôg3tus [from past participle of] dôlôg3re [to dispatch]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 dôlôg3tus [] 源自dôlôg3re的过去分词 [派遣，发送]
dô- [de-]
dô- [前缀，表示"自某处导出"]
lôg3re [to send] * see leg-
lôg3re [派遣] *参见 leg-

【引伸】
del.ega.tor
n.（名词）