assignment

/əˈsaɪnmənt/

a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

中文释义：任务；作业；分配

The students submitted their assignments before the deadline.

学生们在截止日期前提交了作业。

His first assignment as a journalist was to cover the local election.

他作为记者的第一个任务是报道地方选举。