task
- n.任务;(尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的)工作;(尤指语言教学中旨在帮助达到某一学习目的的)活动
- vt.交给某人(任务);派给某人(工作)
复数： tasks 过去式： tasked 现在分词： tasking 过去分词： tasked 第三人称单数： tasks
tasknoun
（尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的）任务，工作
a piece of work that sb has to do, especially a hard or unpleasant one
to perform/carry out/complete/undertake a task
执行 / 完成 / 承担任务
a daunting/an impossible/a formidable/an unenviable, etc. task
令人望而生畏、不可能完成、艰巨、令人为难等的任务
a thankless task (= an unpleasant one that nobody wants to do and nobody thanks you for doing)
吃力不讨好的工作
Our first task is to set up a communications system.
我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
Detectives are now faced with the task of identifying the body.
侦探现在面临辨认尸体这项任务。
Getting hold of this information was no easy task (= was difficult) .
把这一情报搞到手绝不是件轻而易举的事。
（尤指语言教学中旨在帮助达到某一学习目的的）活动
an activity which is designed to help achieve a particular learning goal, especially in language teaching
task-based learning
任务型学习
to criticize sb strongly for sth they have done
These are all words for a piece of work that sb has to do.以上各词均指任务、工作。
a piece of work that sb has to do, especially a difficult or unpleasant one尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的任务、工作：
Our first task will be to set up a communications system.
我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
tasks that are part of your job指职责、任务：
Your duties will include setting up a new computer system.
你的职责将包括建立一个新的计算机系统。
an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country指官方使命、使团的使命：
They undertook a fact-finding mission in the region.
他们承担了在该地区核查事实的工作。
a piece of work that sb has to do指一项任务、一件工作：
I've got various jobs around the house to do.
我在家里有各种各样的活儿要干。
A task may be more difficult than a job and require you to think carefully about how you are going to do it. A job may be sth small that is one of several jobs that you have to do, especially in the home; or a job can be sth that takes a long time and is boring and/or needs a lot of patience. |
a task that sb is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies指分派的工作、任务、布置的作业：
You must complete three written assignments.
你必须完成三个书面作业。
a task that you have to do regularly, especially one that you do in the home and find unpleasant or boring指日常事务、例行工作、尤指令人厌烦或无聊的家务活：
household chores
家务杂活
task
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N-COUNT 任务;工作
A task is an activity or piece of work which you have to do, usually as part of a larger project.Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill...
沃克不得不把这个坏消息告诉希尔。
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VERB 给…分配任务;派给…（工作）
If you are tasked with doing a particular activity or piece of work, someone in authority asks you to do it.The minister was tasked with checking that British aid money was being spent wisely.
部长被指派去督查英国的援助资金是否已用到实处。
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PHRASE 批评;责备
If you take someone to task, you criticize them or tell them off because of something bad or wrong that they have done.The country's intellectuals are also being taken to task for their failure to speak out against the regime.
该国知识分子也因未能公开反对该政权受到了指责。
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- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- Synonym: job chore
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- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- he prepared for great undertakings
- Synonym: undertaking project labor
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- use to the limit
- you are taxing my patience
- Synonym: tax
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- assign a task to
- I tasked him with looking after the children
数据来源：WordNet
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Our first task is to set up a communications system .
我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
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Our first task will be to set up a communications system .
我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
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The teacher assigned each of the children a different task .
老师给每个儿童都布置了不同的作业。
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Getting hold of this information was no easy task .
把这一情报搞到手绝不是件轻而易举的事。
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She 's set a difficult task for herself .
她给自己安排了一项艰巨任务。
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The teacher assigned a different task to each of the children .
老师给每个儿童布置的作业都不相同。
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A computer can perform many tasks at once .
电脑能同时做多项工作。
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The system is inadequate for the tasks it has to perform .
这个系统要完成它的任务还不够完善。
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The tasks had to be performed in a particular sequence .
这些任务必须按一定次序去执行。
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We need to define the task ahead very clearly .
我们需要明确今后的任务。
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The task before us is a daunting one .
我们面临的任务令人胆怯。
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She felt unequal to the task she had set herself .
她觉得难以完成给自己定下的任务。
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We must bring all our energies to bear upon the task .
我们必须全力以赴不辱使命。
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She has the daunting task of cooking for 20 people every day .
她每天得做20个人的饭，这是一项可怕的任务。
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The identification of the crash victims was a long and difficult task .
鉴别坠机意外伤亡者的工作费时而且困难重重。
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The tasks have been ranked in order of difficulty .
按照困难程度对工作进行了分类。
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The task was a formidable one .
这任务非常艰巨。
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I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary .
我不想使这项任务不必要地复杂化。
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Detectives are now faced with the task of identifying the body .
侦探现在面临辨认尸体这项任务。
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She occupied herself with routine office tasks .
她忙于办公室的日常工作。
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We recognized that the task was not straightforward .
我们意识到这个任务并非轻而易举。
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I 've placed an asterisk next to the tasks I want you to do first .
我在要你首先完成的任务旁边标上了星号。
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These tasks were repetitive , lengthy and lacking any intrinsic interest .
这些作业重复冗长，没有什么意义。
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The task of the organization is to ensure fair play when food is distributed to the refugees .
该组织的任务就是把粮食分给难民时要保证公平合理。
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Sometimes being a mother and a housewife felt like a thankless task .
做母亲和家庭主妇有时使人觉得好像是个受累不讨好的差使。
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We fill up our lives with meaningless tasks .
我们终日忙忙碌碌，过得毫无意义。
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I 've asterisked the tasks I want you to do first .
我在要你首先完成的任务旁边标上了星号。
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They had an awesome task ahead .
他们就要有十分艰巨的任务。
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She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead .
她是一个勇敢的女人，但对面前的任务却感到信心不足。
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She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers .
让她去通知失败的人，真不是什么好差事。
可指雇主、老师、父母等分派给的任务，有时也指自愿承担的工作，常含较为艰巨或令人厌烦之意。
The boss forced this difficult task upon him.
老板强迫他干此苦差事。
I set myself the task of chopping up the firewood.
我给自己安排了劈柴的任务。
The teacher assigned each of them a holiday task.
老师给他们每个人都分配了假日的任务。
较正式用词，指分派的工作任务或指定的课外作业。
He was sent abroad on a difficult assignment.
他被派出国执行一项艰巨任务。
The reporter took on the assignment with great zeal.
那位记者非常热情地去执行这项任务。
Today's assignment is to draw a horse in motion.
今天的作业是画一匹动态的马。
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