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英语单词 errand
英美音标 英 ['erənd] 美 ['erənd]
中文释义 n.差使;差事;跑腿
英语例句 (1) It was not an errand that much pleased the doctor.
(2) I have to go an errand for him now.
(3) I've got a few errands to do in the town.
(4) You must do the two errands this week.
(5) My mother asked me to go on an errand; she wanted me to buy some food.
中文例句 (1) 这种差使医生可不大喜欢干。
(2) 我现在得去听他的差遣。
(3) 我有几件事要进城办。
(4) 你必须在一周内完成这两项任务。
(5) 我妈妈叫我跑一下腿,她想让我去买点食物。
vocabulary简明 An errand is a short trip to fulfill some small business. When you’re running errands, you’re making a bunch of these all at once.
vocabulary扩展 The noun errand can refer to the mission of the trip itself. If the lines are always long at the bank, then banking may be your least favorite errand. If you are off on a wild goose chase, you may be out on a fool's errand. If you are taking food or clothing to someone in need, then you are on an errand of mercy.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](短程的)差事;跑腿 An errand is 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.
  • She went off on some errand...

    她办事去了。

  • She had a more urgent errand.

    她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。

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[PHRASE 短语]为…跑腿;为…办事 If you run an errand for someone, you do or get something for them, usually by making a short trip somewhere.
  [V inflects]
  • 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。

  • 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。

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