Consign
Consign 是一个动词。它可以指商业上的发货，也常用于 consign to… 表示把某人或某事打入冷宫或某种被遗忘的状态。
- The goods were consigned to our warehouse in London. (货物已发往我们位于伦敦的仓库。)
- She was consigned to a nursing home against her will. (她违背自己的意愿被送进了养老院。)
- The old theory has been consigned to the scrapheap of history. (旧理论已被丢进了历史的垃圾堆。)
- 词根：
-sign-(标记/签名，如 sign, signal) - 前缀：
con-(一起) - 含义：签上名字一起交出去。
联想 assign (分配)。Consign 是更彻底的交付，就像在合同上“签名（sign）”后把东西彻底交给别人。
The failed politician was consigned to obscurity and never heard from again. (那位失败的政客被彻底遗忘，从此销声匿迹。)