| 词组 | assignment |
| 释义 | assignment ◊ 'assignment' An assignment is a task that someone is given to do, usually as part of their job. My first major assignment as a reporter was to cover a large-scale riot. An assignment is also a piece of academic work given to students. The course has heavy reading assignments. Such a student would go to his first class, get his first assignment and probably do it out of habit. In American English, an assignment is also a piece of work given to schoolchildren to do at home. ◊ 'homework' In British English, work given to schoolchildren to do at home is called homework. He never did any homework. ◊ WARNING Homework is an uncount noun. You do not talk about 'homeworks' or 'a homework'. Note that pupils do homework. They do not 'make' homework. |
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