网友 “西叶” 想知道动词 “distribute、allocate、assign” 和 “apportion” 的区别。这四个词都有 “分配” 的意思，但用法却不同。拿吃披萨举例：如果你需要把大量披萨送到多地去售卖，就叫做 “distribute（分销）”；一张披萨，大块的给大人吃，小块的给小孩吃 ...

For accounting purposes, a company would like to know what contribution each of its departments makes to its profits, costs, or revenues. However, it is difficult, if not impossible, to do this ...