词汇对比与辨析

核心差别

delegation 强调代表团指被派往某地执行特定任务的一群人,delegate 则侧重delegate 作为名词指被委派代表他人的人

使用场景对比

对比方面delegationdelegate
核心含义代表团指被派往某地执行特定任务的一群人,也指将权力或职责委托给他人的行为。delegate 作为名词指被委派代表他人的人,作为动词指将任务或权力委派给他人。
词性名词动词、名词
使用语域delegation 常与介词 to 连用,表示派往某地或委托给某人;与 from 连用表示来自某地;与 of 连用表示权力或职责的委托。作为动词时,常用句型为 delegate something to someone 或 delegate someone to do something,表示将某事委派给某人或委派某人做某事。

对比例句

delegation

The school sent a delegation to the science fair in another city.

学校派了一个代表团去参加另一个城市的科学展览会。

delegation

Our company received a delegation from Japan to discuss potential partnerships.

我们公司接待了一个来自日本的代表团,讨论可能的合作伙伴关系。

delegate

I delegated the task of organizing the party to my friend.

我把组织聚会的任务委派给了我的朋友。

delegate

She was chosen as the delegate for our school at the competition.

她被选为我们学校参加比赛的代表。

常见误用提醒

使用 delegation:He is a delegation to the meeting. → He is a member of the delegation to the meeting. (delegation 指整个团体,不是个人;应使用 "member of the delegation" 或 "delegate" 表示个人代表。)

使用 delegation:The manager delegation the work to his assistant. → The manager delegated the work to his assistant. (delegation 是名词,动词形式是 delegate;这里应用动词 "delegated" 表示委托行为。)

使用 delegate:I delegated him the report. → I delegated the report to him. (动词 delegate 后通常不接双宾语,正确结构是 delegate something to someone,表示将某事委派给某人。)