- [uncountable] designation (as something)
the action of choosing a person or thing for a particular purpose, or of giving them or it a particular status 选定;指定;委任 - [countable]
a name, title or description 名称;称号;称呼
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of marking’): from Latin designatio(n-), from the verb designare, based on signum ‘a mark’.