已選定但還沒上任
記號已經蓋下去、人選定了，但他還沒開始做——這個形容詞就是用來標出那段空檔。
not yet in role · adjective · C1
used after a job title to show that someone has been chosen for that job but has not started the work yet.
候任的；尚未上任的
核心畫面
One way to hold it: putting an official mark on something so everyone knows what it is for. This building is now the shelter; that colour now means danger; this person is now the one who will do the job. Nothing physical changes — the mark does the work, and after it, everyone treats the thing differently.
可以想成正式在某個東西上蓋了一個記號，從此大家都知道它是做什麼用的：這棟樓從現在起是避難所、這個顏色代表危險、這個人…更多收起
可以想成正式在某個東西上蓋了一個記號，從此大家都知道它是做什麼用的：這棟樓從現在起是避難所、這個顏色代表危險、這個人就是要接這份工作的人。東西本身沒有變，變的是那個記號——蓋上之後，大家對它的處理方式就不一樣了。From the picture
Also in this word
officially name · verb · B2
To pick out a person, place, or thing for a role or use, by official decision.
指定；選定
represent/signify · verb · B2
to show or stand for something by using a particular sign, colour, name, or mark.
標示；表示
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
designateadj/ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.nət/
- 1
Designated; appointed; chosen.
- 2
Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
- King designate
designateverb/ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/
- 1
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
- to designate the boundaries of a country
- to designate the rioters who are to be arrested
- 2
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- "Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.
- 3
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。