task

英 [tɑːsk]

美 [tæsk]

n.  (尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的)任务，工作; (尤指语言教学中旨在帮助达到某一学习目的的)活动
v.  交给某人(任务); 派给某人(工作)

复数：tasks　过去分词：tasked　现在分词：tasking　过去式：tasked　第三人称单数：tasks　

中考高考CET4CET6考研BEC计算机

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.779 / COCA.1047

同义词辨析

taskassignment【导航词义：任务】

习惯用语

n.

take sb to task (for/over sth)
• 严厉地责备；申斥；训斥
  to criticize sb strongly for sth they have done

牛津词典

noun

• （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
  1. to perform/carry out/complete/undertake a task
     执行 / 完成 / 承担任务
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Our first task is to set up a communications system.
     我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
  5. 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。
  6. 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
  1. task-based learning
     任务型学习

verb

• 交给某人（任务）；派给某人（工作）
  to give sb a task to do

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 任务;工作
  Ataskis an activity or piece of work which you have to do, usually as part of a larger project.
  1. 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。
  2. She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
     她白天忙着处理行政工作。
• VERB 给…分配任务;派给…（工作）
  If youare tasked withdoing a particular activity or piece of work, someone in authority asks you to do it.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 批评;责备
  If youtakesomeoneto task, you criticize them or tell them off because of something bad or wrong that they have done.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
  1. estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
  2. the job of repairing the engine took several hours
  3. the endless task of classifying the samples
  4. the farmer's morning chores
  Synonym:jobchore
• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  1. he prepared for great undertakings
  Synonym:undertakingprojectlabor

verb

• use to the limit
  1. you are taxing my patience
  Synonym:tax
• assign a task to
  1. I tasked him with looking after the children

双语例句

• This is not an easy task
  这不是件容易的差事。
• The task is arduous; besides, there's not much time.
  任务艰巨，同时时间又很紧迫。
• The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged
  该队的首要任务是决定可以抢救哪些设备。
• 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。
• A key task is to get pupils to perceive for themselves the relationship between success and effort
  关键任务是让学生们自己认识到成功和努力之间的关系。
• Thanks to your help, we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.
  亏得你们帮忙，我们才提前完成了任务。
• The task was more arduous than he had calculated.
  这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。
• We have set up a task force to look at the question of women returning to work.
  我们已经成立了一个工作组去调查妇女复工的问题。
• This is an important task which the people have entrusted to us.
  这是人民赋予我们的重任。
• He said the task of reconstruction would demand much patience, hard work and sacrifice
  他说重建任务将需要付出极大的耐心、艰辛和牺牲。