errand

US [ˈerənd]
UK ['erənd]
  • n.差事；差使
  • Web使命；任务；跑腿
Plural Form：errands  

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errand
n.
— see also
fool's errand
1.
差使；差事a job that you do for sb that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy sth, deliver goods, etc.
He often runs errands for his grandmother.
他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。
Her boss sent her on an errand into town.
老板派她进城办事去了。

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AllAll,差事差事,差使差使,使命使命,任务任务,跑腿跑腿
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1.
I was about to leave the house on an errand, and my husband was getting ready for a dental appointment.
我正要离家跑一躺腿，我的丈夫正准备去看牙医。
wǒ zhèng yào lí jiā pǎo yī tǎng tuǐ , wǒ de zhàng fu zhèng zhǔn bèi qù kàn yá yī 。
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2.
It was impossible to say how much he should be gratified by being employed on such an errand.
若是能让我去办这件事，我真说不出该有多高兴。
ruò shì néng ràng wǒ qù bàn zhè jiàn shì , wǒ zhēn shuō bù chū gāi yǒu duō gāo xìng 。
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3.
If I ask her to run an errand for me, she says I'm exploiting her.
如果我要她为我办件事，她说我在剥削她。
rú guǒ wǒ yào tā wèi wǒ bàn jiàn shì , tā shuō wǒ zài bō xuē tā 。
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4.
In an interview with The Atlantic magazine, the top U. S. diplomat accused China "of trying to stop history, which is a fool's errand. "
在接受《大西洋》月刊的采访是，这位美国高级外交官称中国“妄图改变历史”。
zài jiē shòu 《 dà xī yáng 》 yuè kān de cǎi fǎng shì , zhè wèi měi guó gāo jí wài jiāo guān chēng zhōng guó " wàng tú gǎi biàn lì shǐ " 。
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5.
Gibbs: Jack, it's a fool's errand. Well, you know better than me the tales of the Black Pearl.
杰克：我想去寻找黑珍珠。我知道黑珍珠在哪儿。我会找到它的。
jié kè : wǒ xiǎng qù xún zhǎo hēi zhēn zhū 。 wǒ zhī dào hēi zhēn zhū zài nǎ er 。 wǒ huì zhǎo dào tā de 。
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6.
It was a death wish, a fool's errand, and he had never courted death or been a fool.
这是一次死亡之旅，一次傻瓜差事，而他，从未被判死刑，也从来没有当过傻瓜。
zhè shì yī cì sǐ wáng zhī lǚ , yī cì shǎ guā chāi shi , ér tā , cóng wèi bèi pàn sǐ xíng , yě cóng lái méi yǒu dāng guò shǎ guā 。
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7.
Did you know this morning, now, that you were coming out on this errand?
你是今天早晨才知道你要出来办这件差事的吗？
nǐ shì jīn tiān zǎo chén cái zhī dào nǐ yào chū lái bàn zhè jiàn chāi shi de ma ?
8.
Then I asked him to run an errand downtown he said his feet hurt.
然后我要他去市中心办点事儿，他却说脚疼。
rán hòu wǒ yào tā qù shì zhōng xīn bàn diǎn shì er , tā què shuō jiǎo téng 。
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9.
The young man Freud was inexperienced with women and I think Martha was gonna be the princess and presider and he would be her light errand.
年轻的弗洛伊德对女人还没有经验，我想玛莎肯定会被视为公主或主席，而他则会成为她的差使。
nián qīng de fú luò yī dé duì nǚ rén hái méi yǒu jīng yàn , wǒ xiǎng mǎ shā kěn dìng huì bèi shì wéi gōng zhǔ huò zhǔ xí , ér tā zé huì chéng wéi tā de chāi shi 。
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10.
You did not know yourself when you dwelt alone , and there was no crying of an errand when the wind ran from the hither to the shore. .
当你独处的时候，你并不了解自己，风从这里吹向遥远的海岸，满院一声急切的呼唤。
dāng nǐ dú chǔ de shí hou , nǐ bìng bù liǎo jiě zì jǐ , fēng cóng zhè lǐ chuī xiàng yáo yuǎn de hǎi àn , mǎn yuàn yī shēng jí qiè de hū huàn 。
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