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a piece of work that somebody has to do, especially a hard or unpleasant one （尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的）任务，工作 to accomplish/perform/undertake/complete a task 完成/执行/承担/完成任务 a difficult/a daunting/an impossible task 困难/艰巨/不可能的任务 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。 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 The first task for the new leader is to focus on the economy. 新领导人的首要任务是关注经济。 The new role involves a variety of specific tasks. 新角色涉及各种具体任务。 - task of doing something
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。 - task of something
The government now has to take on the task of reconstruction of the country. 政府现在必须承担起重建国家的任务。 We should stop chatting and get back to the task at hand. 我们应该停止聊天，回到手头的任务上来。 You need to concentrate on the task in hand. 你需要专注于手头的任务。 It was a challenge to adapt this novel for the screen, but the writer proved himself equal to the task. 将这部小说改编成电影是一项挑战，但作者证明了自己能胜任这项任务。
Synonyms tasktask- duties
- mission
- job
- chore
- task a piece of work that somebody has to do, especially a difficult or unpleasant one:
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。
- duties tasks that are part of your job:
- mission an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another country:
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。
- job a piece of work that somebody has to do:
I’ve got various jobs around the house to do. 我在家里有各种各样的活儿要干。
task or job? 用 task 还是 job？ - chore a task that you have to do regularly, especially one that you do in the home and find unpleasant or boring:
household chores 家务杂活
- the task/mission/job/chore of (doing) something
- (a) daily/day-to-day task/duties/job/chore
- (a) routine task/duties/mission/job/chore
- (a/an) easy/difficult task/mission/job
- (a) household/domestic task/duties/job/chore
- to do a task/a job/the chores
- to finish a task/a mission/a job/the chores
- to give somebody a task/their duties/a mission/a job/a chore
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea2It was my task to wake everyone up in the morning. 早上叫醒每个人是我的任务。 Our first task is to set up a communications system. 我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。 She felt daunted by the enormity of the task ahead. 她被面前艰巨的任务吓倒了。 How do you tackle a task like that? 你怎么处理那种工作？ I left her to get on with the task of correcting the errors. 我让她自己继续改正错误。 I was engaged in the delicate task of clipping the dog's claws. 我那时做的是修剪狗爪这种精细的工作。 She failed to complete the task that she had been set. 她未能完成分配给她的工作。 The primary task of the chair is to ensure the meeting runs smoothly. 会议主持人的首要任务是确保会议顺利进行。 The team have no illusions about the size of the task confronting them. 这个队对他们所面临任务的艰巨性没有抱任何幻想。 The unenviable task of telling my parents fell to my teacher. 通知我父母这件苦差事落在了我老师的头上。 We need to think realistically about the task ahead. 我们需要现实地考虑一下今后的任务。 the simple task of making a sandwich 做一个三明治的简单任务 How exactly do you intend to approach this task? 你打算如何完成这项任务？ You'll be required to do several routine tasks in the office. 你将被要求在办公室做几项日常工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awesome
- challenging
- daunting
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- handle
- take on
- take upon yourself
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- involve something
- require something
- fall to somebody
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- task for
- task in
- be no easy task
- the task ahead
- the task at hand
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an activity that is designed to help achieve a particular learning goal, especially in language teaching （尤指语言教学中旨在帮助达到某一学习目的的）活动 Look at the diagram and then do the task below. 看图表，然后做下面的任务。 task-based learning 任务型学习
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awesome
- challenging
- daunting
- …
- handle
- take on
- take upon yourself
- …
- involve something
- require something
- fall to somebody
- …
- task for
- task in
- be no easy task
- the task ahead
- the task at hand
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Word OriginMiddle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxare ‘censure, charge’, perhaps from Greek tassein ‘fix’. An early sense of the verb was ‘impose a tax on’.
Idioms
take somebody to task (for/over something)
to criticize somebody strongly for something they have done 严厉地责备；申斥；训斥 The local newspaper has been taking the city council to task over its transport policy. 当地报纸一直在批评市议会的交通政策。