errands

英 [ˈɛrəndz]

美 [ˈɛrəndz]

n.  差使; 差事
errand的复数

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。

双语例句

• I was tied up doing some errands.
  我忙于做一些差事。
• I have a few errands to do in the town.
  我在城里有些差事要办。
• They call me, say that things wants me to run and run errands.
  他们喊我出来，说有事要我跑跑腿。
• After school I am going to run some errands for my mom.
  放学后我将为我母亲办点杂事儿。
• Yes, but I might be late. I have to run some errands.
  是的，但我可能迟到，我必须去办些事情。
• I did all those errands.
  我完成了所有的差事。
• They are expected to babysit, run errands, and help serve at cocktail parties.
  要求他们做的事情有：看孩子、跑腿儿、在鸡尾酒会上帮忙招待。
• I have a lot of errands to run this morning for my boss.
  今天早上老板交给我好多跑腿的事。
• I need to run some errands. I'll be back soon.
  我有些差事要办。我很快会回来的。
• He used to run errands in the yamen.
  他从前在衙门听差。