CNN news 2011-02-14 加文本

1）He said that he's delegating power to the vice president. And he said that he will respond to protesters' demands. 他说他准备将权力移交副总统，并会对示威者的要求做出回应。

delegate (sth) (to sb)结构表示“将（职责、权利等）委托给下级；授权给”，例如：
A boss must know how to delegate (work).
当老板的要知人善任。
The job had to be delegated to an assistant.
这项工作得交给助手去做。

delegate还可用于delegate sb (to sth)结构，表示“挑选或委派某人作代表”，例如：
delegate sb to a conference/to attend a conference
选派某人作代表出席会议。

delegate sb (to sth)结构还可表示“挑选或委派某人执行（职责、任务等）”，例如：
The new manager was delegated to reorganize the department.
派这位新经理重新组织该部门。