designates

例句:

• Today a confusing alphabet soup designates auto models.
  来自WSJ
• The term'vegetation type'designates the principalunit of major rank in Russian geobotany.
  在苏联地球植物学中, “ 植被型”一词是指主要高级单位.
  
• An asterisk designates quantities that refer to the volume element.
  星号“☆”代表体积元的有关量.
  
• Neurotmesis designates complete transection of the facial nerve.
  神经断伤表明为面神经的完全切断.
  
• The notion 'Subject'...designates a grammatical function rather than a grammatical category.
  来自N. Chomsky
• Britain designates Gibraltar a British crown colony.
  来自BBC