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单词 task
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task
(tɑːsk , tæsk )
Word forms: tasks , tasking , tasked
1. countable noun B2
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.
She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
Synonyms: job, duty, assignment, work  
2. verb
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 aid money was being spent wisely. [be VERB-ed + with]
Synonyms: charge [formal], assign to, entrust  
3. take sb to task phrase
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 being taken to task for their failure to speak out against the regime.
Idioms:
take someone to task
to criticize someone strongly for something they have done
One day she took me to task for never using her name when I was talking to her.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Collocations:
accomplish a task
And accomplishing this task is by no means straightforward.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Teachers cue students step-by-step about how they should accomplish a task (e. g., solving a problem, writing a letter).
Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
How confident are they in his ability to accomplish the task he has entrusted to them?
Christianity Today (2000)
approach a task
We are not approaching the task with reckless abandon.
Christianity Today (2000)
Managers who want to make the most of themselves need to approach the task with a cool head, he says.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The test for MI5 is how they approach those tasks.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
arduous task
It proved a more arduous task than she had imagined.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The arduous task of putting a confused past into proper perspective had begun.
Christianity Today (2000)
All of those things combined make yours an arduous task.
Christianity Today (2000)
basic task
Without the operation he will always need help with basic tasks.
The Sun (2011)
A case worker made him prove to her that he could manage basic tasks before being allowed home.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The charity said that more than a million older people were left struggling with basic tasks such as getting out of bed, eating and washing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
begin a task
Now we must begin the task of planning a prosperous future for our nation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We parked up and began the mammoth task of unloading the car.
The Sun (2014)
And as he begins the apparently impossible task, he knows that he will succeed.
Christianity Today (2000)
challenging task
Hiring staff is always the most difficult and challenging task for any business.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You can take on challenging tasks in a calm, organised way that gets good results.
The Sun (2009)
His next, and more challenging, task will be to win over the public.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
complete a task
Upon completing the task, they can challenge others to do the same.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Participants were asked to complete computer tasks to assess their alertness, and fill out questionnaires to ascertain their mood.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The TV series sees members of the public hypnotised and then asked to complete tasks.
The Sun (2016)
complex task
That will free the lawyers to focus on more complex tasks.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The drafting of church bylaws is a complex task that should not be attempted without the assistance of an attorney.
Christianity Today (2000)
Healthcare assistants will take blood pressure and temperatures to make nurses available for more complex tasks under the plan.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
daily task
He said: 'After six months in a military hospital I struggled with daily tasks like turning on a light switch or using a TV remote'.
The Sun (2010)
They recommended involving toddlers in daily tasks and talking about activities in short sentences.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I think you get enormous pleasure from doing daily manual tasks.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
formidable task
It is a formidable task, but a great challenge.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Historians have a formidable task when they try to explain why something happened.
Christianity Today (2000)
It faces a formidable task in restoring its reputation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
grim task
Paramedics and rail workers had the grim task of collecting his body parts.
The Sun (2009)
The soldiers continued on with their grim task.
Broken Lives (1993)
This individual would have had the grim task of killing those gladiators who were already mortally wounded, using a hammer.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
handle a task
It is too big for any one country or group to handle the task.
Christianity Today (2000)
You are now so organised and energetic, you can handle a task that seemed too tough just days ago.
The Sun (2009)
He is trying to design a low-cost robot for the food industry that can handle tasks such as food packing.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
hopeless task
It would be a hopeless, endless task to catalogue all these things.
Moby Dick (1901)
With hindsight, it is clear that the Royal Artillery had been set a hopeless task.
Warfare in the Twentieth Century (1988)
It was a hopeless task and I was frequently blinded by the blizzard of information.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
household task
According to new research published last week, couples who share unpaid household tasks are more likely to stay together.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But vacuuming is not the only household task that can help keep you trim as you spring clean.
The Sun (2012)
They might be able to do basic household tasks, if not washing the dishes or doing the laundry.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
important task
He was given the important task of opening the firm's first City office.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The most important task for you in writing your first draft is to get it into being.
A Short Guide to Writing About History (1995)
Defending the country is the most important task for any government.
The Sun (2010)
main task
The board's main task is to improve workforce relations and productivity.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One should remember the main task and not spend too much time on extras.
The Sun (2015)
An executive I know accepted a position after being told his main task was to encourage people.
Christianity Today (2000)
mammoth task
We parked up and began the mammoth task of unloading the car.
The Sun (2014)
He was confident he was up to the mammoth task when he applied for the job.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But my experience suggests that shifting the culture of unemployment will be a mammoth task.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
menial task
He will also be required to perform various menial tasks such as weapon checks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If you can focus on major projects and leave the menial tasks to others, so much the better.
The Sun (2016)
It is a matter of creativity: think of any menial task and you can probably get a robot to do it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
monumental task
That would be a monumental task, but it's not one we should be afraid to take on.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The agency needs to draw up regulations that work - a monumental task.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And he said he realised he faced a monumental task to save the club from relegation.
The Sun (2009)
mundane task
Listening to music while you work can turn a mundane task into a pleasure.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He recognises that machines have freed us from the burden of many mundane tasks.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There's little glory in mundane tasks like fixing roundabouts and widening slip roads.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
onerous task
Today, being a non-executive is an increasingly onerous task.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Those learning English have a notoriously onerous task with irregular spellings.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This was generally a much less onerous task than many managers feared, she said.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
perform a task
This task is performed by those who directly supervise other workers.
Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
The computer said it could perform the task only if I unlocked the screen.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has performed the Herculean task of sifting through the police reports.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
primary task
Her other primary task was keeping her mother alive.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He talks about having one primary task for each portion of the day.
Christianity Today (2000)
Its primary task consisted in restoring some degree of social peace.
Global Capitalism and National Decline (1989)
repetitive task
Do you carry out any repetitive manual tasks, such as using a keyboard constantly or carrying heavy items?
The Sun (2015)
Already their minds are tending to wander away from the office when doing repetitive daily tasks.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Workers lacked incentive and drive to perform the endlessly repetitive tasks.
Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
routine task
From time to time we need additional staff who can perform often quite routine tasks quickly and efficiently.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You can streamline your life, speed through routine tasks and find time for what you really want to do.
The Sun (2012)
Thus it should be clear that for some children the routine tasks of the classroom may be easier than they are for others.
Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
simple task
You'd think it would be a simple task, buying a white top.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Contestants will be asked to carry out some simple tasks on a series of extreme rides.
The Sun (2009)
He claimed temporary staff are unable to manage simple tasks like searching people correctly or marshalling crowds.
The Sun (2012)
stiff task
He has faced some stiff tasks since.
The Sun (2016)
Yes, there will be far stiffer tasks ahead.
The Sun (2012)
Real faced a stiff task to catch Barcelona and end their great rivals' two-year reign as Spanish champions.
The Sun (2011)
straightforward task
It was not a straightforward task.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He found relatively straightforward tasks - such as counting the number of overs bowled by each bowler - difficult.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Rarely is a doctor faced with a straightforward task in diagnosing illness according to symptoms.
The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
tackle a task
The task was tackled in different ways.
Celtic Mythology (1987)
At work, your persistence is rewarded as you tackle a tricky task that baffles others.
The Sun (2013)
A food processor is a marvel for tackling those time-consuming food preparation tasks that can take the fun out of cooking.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
task a team with
A task team has been set up to investigate solutions and will reconvene over the next month.
ST
An interdepartmental task team has been working on the proposals for two years.
ST
It said a combined management and union task team would seek ways of possible cost reductions at the mine.
ST
About 400 teachers were interviewed by the task team and a further 500 gave their views in online responses.
ST
The task team was, in part, responsible for designing the new structure of the national government, which includes new ministries.
ST
tedious task
Theft or loss of a mobile phone results in the tedious task of trying to rebuild contact books.
Times, Sunday Times
Automated car park systems save time, money, space and simplify the often tedious task of parking.
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It can be a tedious task to insert the soft hyphens by hand, and tools using hyphenation algorithms are available that do this automatically.
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The identification of distinct video elements would be a tedious task if human intervention were required for every frame.
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He viewed the work of translation as a most tedious task.
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thankless task
Regulators have a thankless task.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
To be fair, being a goalkeeper for any handball team is a thankless task.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Organising was a thankless task, with only frustration and failure stretched out before it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
time-consuming task
Caring for them is a time-consuming task, meticulously performed by experts.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The only truly time-consuming task in the process is watching the hours of video footage afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
tough task
It is a tough task but not impossible.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But then comes the tough task of implementing the measures.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Newcastle face a tough task to claim their eighth straight Championship win.
The Sun (2016)
tricky task
At work, it's cool common sense that helps you get through tricky tasks.
The Sun (2014)
Researchers measured the brain activity of people completing a tricky computer task.
The Sun (2011)
You will have a businesslike attitude that helps you handle the trickiest tasks at work.
The Sun (2013)
undertake a task
Why not undertake the task myself?
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
That task was undertaken by an eastern Asian nation - Japan.
The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
It is common for complex IT systems to seek to undertake tasks previously carried out by people.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
unenviable task
The reconstruction of his country was certainly an unenviable task.
James Fergusson KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004)
It is an unenviable task but he must stand strong for the longterm good of racing.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Getting the selection right for the South Africa game is looking more and more of an unenviable task.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This left Broad with the unenviable task of inserting another microchip under the skin at the rhino's other end.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Glastonbury's unenviable task is to put on a festival that can please both extremes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
unpleasant task
Then comes the unpleasant task of prising open the freezer rooms and food stores, using air filters and even industrial-strength deodorants.
Times, Sunday Times
This was the most unpleasant task we were ever compelled to undertake.
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He had the unpleasant task of ordering many unorthodox marriages to be dissolved.
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They don't put off all unpleasant tasks, and start only the easy ones.
Times, Sunday Times
Quite early on, she began to feel that other members of the kibbutz did not like her, made spiteful remarks about her, often gave her the most unpleasant tasks.
Times, Sunday Times
uphill task
Just reaching the last four will be an uphill task.
The Sun (2008)
The QPR manager was still angry that his team had given themselves such an uphill task.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It will be an uphill task, but at least we are in with a shout.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
urgent task
The charity's most urgent task is to diversify its funding.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American Dream.
The Sun (2016)
The urgent task now is to get the West's banking system working again.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
vital task
It is a complex but vital task.
Christianity Today (2000)
Finding a home for Britain's nuclear waste remains a vital task.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The ATA carried out the vital task of delivering aircraft from factories to RAF squadrons during the Second World War.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Translations:
Chinese: 任务, 委派任务 给…
Japanese: 任務, 仕事を課す
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