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

• For a moment he forgot his errand.
  有一小会儿，他忘掉了自己的使命。
• 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？
• 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。
• He shouldn't have sent you on this errand.
  他不应该让你赶这差事。
• I'm afraid you're going on a fool's errand.
  我恐怕你会枉费心机。
• 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。
• That was your errand? You're birthing a horse?
  这就是你的差事？给马接生？
• I have to go an errand for him now.
  我现在得去听他的差遣。
• He sat outside the courtyard gate for a long time, his mind a blank, his errand forgotten.
  坐在大门口，他楞了好大半天，心中空了，忘了他是干什么呢。
• 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。