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

• He shouldn't have sent you on this errand.
  他不应该让你赶这差事。
• She had a more urgent errand.
  她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。
• 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。
• I got to run a little errand here.
  我刚才做错了一件事。
• He was here on some secret errand with a false passport.
  他用一个假护照在这里干秘密工作。
• Can you fill in for me for a few minutes? I have to run an errand.
  你能代替我几分钟吗？我必须去办点事。
• Now that I am out on errand, they will never know whether I am working or not.
  由于我在外面跑腿，他们永远也不知道我是否在工作？
• How could you make an intelligent student do such an errand?
  你怎么能让一个天才学生去做这种差事？
• If an errand had to be run, she was always the first volunteer.
  如果有什么差事要跑跑腿的话，他总是第一个自告奋勇者。
• 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。