1.delegate的基本意思是“代表他人”,指受托被派去办理某事,尤指受团体或组织委托去参加会议。引申可指把某事托付某人去办理。
2.delegate是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
3.delegate作“托付”解时,常和介词to连用,表示“把…托付给(某人)”,尤指移交职责或债务。

delegate to (v.+prep.)
把(任务、责任等)委托〔转交〕给(某人) pass (one's own duties, responsibility, etc.) to (sb else) in one's place
▲delegate sth to sb
He delegated his responsibilities to a deputy.他把他的职责委托给了一位代理人。
We delegate our power to the People's Congress.我们将权力委托给人民代表大会。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The routine office work had all been delegated to his executive staff.日常的办公室工作已经交给了他的执行人员。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
A boss must know how to delegate work.老板应懂得如何分派工作。
用作宾补动词
▲S+～+n./pron.+to-v
The club delegated Tom to attend the national convention.俱乐部派汤姆参加全国代表大会。
He delegated me to perform a task.他委派我去执行一项任务。
The children delegated Mary to buy the flowers.孩子们委托玛丽去买花。
The boss delegated his secretary to show me around the city.老板派他的秘书陪我到城里转转。

［同义词］ n. agent, representative
［词源］＜拉丁语delegare(派往)

He was a U.S. delegate to the United Nations.他曾是驻联合国的美国代表。
He is one of the delegates to the conference.他是与会代表之一。

delegate, deputy, representative
这三个词都可作“代表”解。delegate指政府、党派等正式任命的代表; deputy指被委派正式代表他人具体办事或行使权力的人; representative则指推选出来的或权力机关正式任命的代表。