designate
单词辨析：
指不经投票选举等而直接指派。常可与介词 as 连用，但现在经常将其省略。
She was appointed (as) postmaster of the city of York.
她被任命为约克市邮政局局长。
We appointed him to the committee.
我们委派他为委员会成员。
通常指为某项工作或某个目的而任命，多用被动语态。
Who has he designated (as) his deputy?
他选定了谁当他的副手？
She was designated to take over the position of treasurer.
她被选派接任财务主管的职务。
指由官方选定某人或某物，尤指使其担任重要职务，常可与介词 as 连用，但现在经常将其省略。
The president named her (as) Secretary of the State.
总统任命她为国务卿。
At the age of 30, she was named to the committee by the chairman.
她30岁的时候被主席选入该委员会。
既可指提出人选，由有决策权的人定夺，也可指直接委任，常后接介词 as/to。
Next month Mr. Smith will retire and Mr. Brown will be nominated as his replacement.
下月史密斯先生退休，布朗先生将获任命接替他的职位。
She was nominated to the committee.
她被任命为委员会委员。
相关例句：
Do you want to designate compressed folders as the application for handling zip files?
要将压缩文件夹指派为处理zip文件的应用程序吗？
The President's designated successor is his son.
总统的选定继承人是他的儿子。
For each set, you must designate one primary persona; the others are all secondary.
对每个组，您必须指派一个主要角色，其他的都是次要的。
Name formally or designate with a term.
正式起名或用名字指示。
Scholasticism is a term used to designate both a method and a system.
士林是一个长远的用于指定既是一种方法和制度。
System using colors to designate classifications.
使用颜色来指明分类的系统。