The project manager decided to delegate the data entry tasks to her junior staff to focus on strategic planning.
项目经理决定将数据录入任务委派给她的初级员工，以便专注于战略规划。
Which choice best defines “delegate”?
B — To assign responsibility to another; a representative.. “delegate” means To assign responsibility to another; a representative..
Which word means “To assign responsibility to another; a representative.”?
A — delegate. “delegate” means To assign responsibility to another; a representative..
delegate — To assign responsibility to another; a representative.. In Chinese: 委派;授权;代表.
delegate is pronounced //ˈdelɪɡeɪt//.
The project manager decided to delegate the data entry tasks to her junior staff to focus on strategic planning. (项目经理决定将数据录入任务委派给她的初级员工，以便专注于战略规划。)
assign, entrust, depute — all close in meaning to delegate (To assign responsibility to another; a representative.).
retain, keep — each the opposite of delegate (To assign responsibility to another; a representative.).
Yes. delegate is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
de + leg(派遣,legate) → 派人去代办 → 委派、代表。