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a piece of work that somebody has to do, especially a hard or unpleasant one （尤指艱巨或令人厭煩的）任務，工作 to accomplish/perform/undertake/complete a task 完成/執行/承擔/完成任務 a difficult/a daunting/an impossible task 困難/艱巨/不可能的任務 Getting hold of this information was no easy task (= was difficult). 把這一情報搞到手絕不是件輕而易舉的事。 a thankless task (= an unpleasant one that nobody wants to do and nobody thanks you for doing) 吃力不討好的工作 The first task for the new leader is to focus on the economy. 新領導人的首要任務是關注經濟。 The new role involves a variety of specific tasks. 新角色涉及各種具體任務。 - task of doing something
Detectives are now faced with the task of identifying the body. 偵探現在面臨辨認屍體這項任務。 - task of something
The government now has to take on the task of reconstruction of the country. 政府現在必須承擔起重建國家的任務。 We should stop chatting and get back to the task at hand. 我們應該停止聊天，回到手頭的任務上來。 You need to concentrate on the task in hand. 你需要專注於手頭的任務。 It was a challenge to adapt this novel for the screen, but the writer proved himself equal to the task. 將這部小說改編成電影是一項挑戰，但作者證明了自己能勝任這項任務。
Synonyms tasktask- duties
- mission
- job
- chore
- task a piece of work that somebody has to do, especially a difficult or unpleasant one:
Our first task will be to set up a communications system. 我們的首項任務是架設通信系統。
- duties tasks that are part of your job:
- mission an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country:
They undertook a fact-finding mission in the region. 他們承擔了在該地區核查事實的工作。
- job a piece of work that somebody has to do:
I’ve got various jobs around the house to do. 我在家裏有各種各樣的活兒要幹。
task or job? 用 task 還是 job？ - chore a task that you have to do regularly, especially one that you do in the home and find unpleasant or boring:
household chores 家務雜活
- the task/mission/job/chore of (doing) something
- (a) daily/day-to-day task/duties/job/chore
- (a) routine task/duties/mission/job/chore
- (a/an) easy/difficult task/mission/job
- (a) household/domestic task/duties/job/chore
- to do a task/a job/the chores
- to finish a task/a mission/a job/the chores
- to give somebody a task/their duties/a mission/a job/a chore
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea2It was my task to wake everyone up in the morning. 早上叫醒每個人是我的任務。 Our first task is to set up a communications system. 我們的首項任務是架設通信系統。 She felt daunted by the enormity of the task ahead. 她被面前艱巨的任務嚇倒了。 How do you tackle a task like that? 你怎麽處理那種工作？ I left her to get on with the task of correcting the errors. 我讓她自己繼續改正錯誤。 I was engaged in the delicate task of clipping the dog's claws. 我那時做的是修剪狗爪這種精細的工作。 She failed to complete the task that she had been set. 她未能完成分配給她的工作。 The primary task of the chair is to ensure the meeting runs smoothly. 會議主持人的首要任務是確保會議順利進行。 The team have no illusions about the size of the task confronting them. 這個隊對他們所面臨任務的艱巨性沒有抱任何幻想。 The unenviable task of telling my parents fell to my teacher. 通知我父母這件苦差事落在了我老師的頭上。 We need to think realistically about the task ahead. 我們需要現實地考慮一下今後的任務。 the simple task of making a sandwich 做一個三明治的簡單任務 How exactly do you intend to approach this task? 你打算如何完成這項任務？ You'll be required to do several routine tasks in the office. 你將被要求在辦公室做幾項日常工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awesome
- challenging
- daunting
- …
- handle
- take on
- take upon yourself
- …
- involve something
- require something
- fall to somebody
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- task for
- task in
- be no easy task
- the task ahead
- the task at hand
- …
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an activity that is designed to help achieve a particular learning goal, especially in language teaching （尤指語言教學中旨在幫助達到某一學習目的的）活動 Look at the diagram and then do the task below. 看圖表，然後做下面的任務。 task-based learning 任務型學習
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awesome
- challenging
- daunting
- …
- handle
- take on
- take upon yourself
- …
- involve something
- require something
- fall to somebody
- …
- task for
- task in
- be no easy task
- the task ahead
- the task at hand
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxare ‘censure, charge’, perhaps from Greek tassein ‘fix’. An early sense of the verb was ‘impose a tax on’.
Idioms
take somebody to task (for/over something)
to criticize somebody strongly for something they have done 嚴厲地責備；申斥；訓斥 The local newspaper has been taking the city council to task over its transport policy. 當地報紙一直在批評市議會的交通政策。