task

task

T0054700 (tăsk)n.1. A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.2. A difficult or tedious undertaking: Finding qualified people to fill these specialized roles was a real task.3. A function to be performed; an objective: It is our task to renew consumer confidence.tr.v. tasked, task·ing, tasks 1. To assign a task to or impose a task on: The agency was tasked with creating an advertising campaign.2. Archaic To subject to strain or hardship: "The Professor's household was a modest one, and yet it tasked his ideas to keep it up to his wife's standard" (Edith Wharton).Idiom: take/call/bring to task To reprimand or censure.

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[Middle English taske, imposed work, tax, from Old North French tasque, from Vulgar Latin *tasca, alteration of *taxa, from Latin taxāre, to feel, reproach, reckon; see tax.]Synonyms: task, job¹, chore, assignment
These nouns denote a piece of work that one must do. A task is a well-defined responsibility that is usually imposed by another and that may be burdensome: I stayed at work late to finish the task at hand. Job often suggests a specific short-term undertaking: "did little jobs about the house with skill" (W.H. Auden).
Chore generally denotes a minor or routine job: The farmer's morning chores included milking the cows. Assignment generally denotes a task allotted by a person in authority: His homework assignment involved writing an essay.

task

(tɑːsk) n1. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or chore2. an unpleasant or difficult job or duty3. any piece of work4. take to task to criticize or reprovevb (tr) 5. to assign a task to6. to subject to severe strain; tax[C13: from Old French tasche, from Medieval Latin tasca, from taxa tax, from Latin taxāre to tax] ˈtasker n ˈtaskless adj

task

(tæsk, tɑsk)

n. 1. a piece of work assigned to or expected of a person. 2. any piece of work. 3. a matter of considerable labor or difficulty. 4. Obs. a tax or impost. v.t. 5. to subject to severe or excessive labor or exertion; strain. 6. to impose a task on. 7. Obs. to tax. Idioms: take or bring to task, to reprimand; chide; censure. [1250–1300; Middle English (n.) (< dial. Old French tasque) < Medieval Latin tasca, alter. of taxa tax] syn: task, chore, assignment, job refer to a specific instance or act of work. task refers to a clearly defined piece of work, usu. of short or limited duration, assigned to or expected of a person: the task of collecting dues. A chore is a minor, usu. routine task, often more tedious than difficult: the chore of taking out the garbage. assignment usu. refers to a specific task assigned by someone in authority: a homework assignment. job is the most general of these terms, referring to almost any work or duty, including one's livelihood: the job of washing the windows; a well-paid job in advertising.

task

Past participle: tasked
Gerund: tasking

Imperative
task
task

Present
I task
you task
he/she/it tasks
we task
you task
they task

Preterite
I tasked
you tasked
he/she/it tasked
we tasked
you tasked
they tasked

Present Continuous
I am tasking
you are tasking
he/she/it is tasking
we are tasking
you are tasking
they are tasking

Present Perfect
I have tasked
you have tasked
he/she/it has tasked
we have tasked
you have tasked
they have tasked

Past Continuous
I was tasking
you were tasking
he/she/it was tasking
we were tasking
you were tasking
they were tasking

Past Perfect
I had tasked
you had tasked
he/she/it had tasked
we had tasked
you had tasked
they had tasked

Future
I will task
you will task
he/she/it will task
we will task
you will task
they will task

Future Perfect
I will have tasked
you will have tasked
he/she/it will have tasked
we will have tasked
you will have tasked
they will have tasked

Future Continuous
I will be tasking
you will be tasking
he/she/it will be tasking
we will be tasking
you will be tasking
they will be tasking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tasking
you have been tasking
he/she/it has been tasking
we have been tasking
you have been tasking
they have been tasking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tasking
you will have been tasking
he/she/it will have been tasking
we will have been tasking
you will have been tasking
they will have been tasking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tasking
you had been tasking
he/she/it had been tasking
we had been tasking
you had been tasking
they had been tasking

Conditional
I would task
you would task
he/she/it would task
we would task
you would task
they would task

Past Conditional
I would have tasked
you would have tasked
he/she/it would have tasked
we would have tasked
you would have tasked
they would have tasked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	task - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"project, undertaking, laborchild's play, cinch, duck soup, piece of cake, pushover, breeze, walkover, picnic, snap - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"adventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture - a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)assignment - an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)baby - a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is his baby"endeavor, endeavour, enterprise - a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"labor of love, labour of love - productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensationendurance contest, marathon - any long and arduous undertakingno-brainer - anything that requires little thoughtproposition - a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"large order, tall order - a formidable task or requirement; "finishing in time was a tall order but we did it"venture - any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
	2.	task - 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"chore, jobduty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"ball-breaker, ball-buster - a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker"stint - an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"scut work, shitwork - trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores; "the hospital hired him to do scut work"
Verb	1.	task - assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
	2.	task - use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"taxstrain, extend - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"

task

noun1. job, duty, assignment, work, business, charge, labour, exercise, mission, employment, enterprise, undertaking, occupation, chore, toil He had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news.verb1. charge, assign to, entrust The minister was tasked with checking that aid was spent wisely.take someone to task criticize, blame, blast, lecture, carpet (informal), flame (informal), censure, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), read the riot act, reprove, upbraid, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), chew out (U.S. & Canad. informal), tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. informal), give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) The country's intellectuals are being taken to task.

task

noun1. A piece of work that has been assigned:assignment, chore, duty, job, office, stint.2. A difficult or tedious undertaking:chore, effort.Informal: job.3. The proper activity of a person or thing:function, job, purpose, role.verbTo force to work:drive, tax, work.Idiom: crack the whip.

Translations

任务艰苦的工作

task

(taːsk) noun a piece of especially hard work; a duty that must be done. household tasks. 艱苦的工作，任務 艰苦的工作，任务 task force a force selected from the armed services for a special task. 特遣部隊 特遣部队

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