errand

英 [ˈerənd]

美 [ˈerənd]

n.  差使; 差事

复数：errands　

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牛津词典

noun

• 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.
  1. He often runs errands for his grandmother.
     他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。
  2. Her boss sent her on an errand into town.
     老板派她进城办事去了。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （短程的）差事;跑腿
  Anerrandis a short trip that you make in order to do a job for someone, for example when you go to a shop to buy something for them.
  1. She went off on some errand...
     她办事去了。
  2. She had a more urgent errand.
     她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。
• PHRASE 为…跑腿；为…办事
  If yourun an errand forsomeone, you do or get something for them, usually by making a short trip somewhere.
  1. She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother...
     她总是在为她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。
  2. Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
     弗兰克开始为当地一个下流的恶人跑腿做坏事。

英英释义

noun

• a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

双语例句

• A fool's errand, you say.
  你会说，这还真是愚蠢的行为。
• I'm afraid you're going on a fool's errand.
  我恐怕你会枉费心机。
• I have to go an errand for him now.
  我现在得去听他的差遣。
• She had a more urgent errand.
  她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。
• He had got his breath back too. And his errand had succeeded.
  他也恢复正常的呼吸了，而且他报信的使命已经完成。
• 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？
• Will you mind waiting just a few minutes till I finish my errand in this store?
  我在这商店办点事，你能等我一会儿吗？
• She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother
  她总是在为她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。
• So I'd agree with you. A fool's errand, no doubt about it.
  所以我同意你的话，我这些举动还真是愚蠢行为，毫无疑问。
• That was your errand? You're birthing a horse?
  这就是你的差事？给马接生？