| 单词 | task |
| 释义 | task (once / 88 pages) nv A task can be big or small, easy or really hard — but it's never more than a job that needs to get done. Chop chop! There's a task that needs completing, and you're just the person for the job. If you're smart though, you'll figure out a way to task someone else with it, or assign it elsewhere. Task comes to us all the way from the Latin word taxare, which in its earliest days meant "to impose a tax on." So much like the filling out of your tax forms, most tasks are considered chores. WORD FAMILYtask: tasked, tasking, tasks USAGE EXAMPLESBharambe seems a credible candidate for the huge task of modernising Mumbai’s archaic traffic policing system. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) While we need to move around a bit to complete the tasks of daily living, in modern life we tend not to move very much. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Nearly every governor after Brewer called on him to serve on various state commissions and task forces. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper labor, project, undertaking Manhattan Project code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover any undertaking that is easy to do adventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venturea wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) assignmentan undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) babya project of personal concern to someone endeavor, endeavour, enterprisea purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) labor of love, labour of loveproductive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation endurance contest, marathonany long and arduous undertaking no-braineranything that requires little thought propositiona task to be dealt with large order, tall ordera formidable task or requirement ventureany venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome doddlean easy task school assignment, schoolworka school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, racketan illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit joint venturea venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise experimenta venture at something new or different forlorn hopea hopeless or desperate enterprise writing assignment, written assignmentan assignment to write something campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movementa series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end sally, sallying fortha venture off the beaten path danger, peril, riska venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury business activity, commercial activityactivity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise work activity directed toward making or doing something 2n a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee the endless task of classifying the samples Syn|Hypo|Hyper chore, job ball-breaker, ball-buster a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing stintan individual's prescribed share of work scut worktrivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores duty work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons 3v assign a task to I tasked him with looking after the children Hyper assign, delegate, depute, designate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) 4v use to the limit Syn|Hyper tax extend, strain use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity |
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