task

英 [tɑːsk]

美 [tæsk]

n. (尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的)任务，工作; (尤指语言教学中旨在帮助达到某一学习目的的)活动
v. 交给某人(任务); 派给某人(工作)

复数：tasks　过去分词：tasked　现在分词：tasking　过去式：tasked　第三人称单数：tasks　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.779 / COCA.1047

同义词辨析

task assignment【导航词义：任务】

taskn. 任务，工作

〔辨析〕

可指雇主、老师、父母等分派给的任务，有时也指自愿承担的工作，常含较为艰巨或令人厌烦之意。

〔例证〕

The boss forced this difficult task upon him.
老板强迫他干此苦差事。
I set myself the task of chopping up the firewood.
我给自己安排了劈柴的任务。
The teacher assigned each of them a holiday task.
老师给他们每个人都分配了假日的任务。

assignmentn. 任务，作业

〔辨析〕

较正式用词，指分派的工作任务或指定的课外作业。

〔例证〕

He was sent abroad on a difficult assignment.
他被派出国执行一项艰巨任务。
The reporter took on the assignment with great zeal.
那位记者非常热情地去执行这项任务。
Today's assignment is to draw a horse in motion.
今天的作业是画一匹动态的马。

习惯用语

take sb to task (for/over sth)

严厉地责备；申斥；训斥
to criticize sb strongly for sth they have done

牛津词典

noun

（尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的）任务，工作
a piece of work that sb has to do, especially a hard or unpleasant one
1. to perform/carry out/complete/undertake a task
  执行 / 完成 / 承担任务
2. a daunting/an impossible/a formidable/an unenviable, etc. task
  令人望而生畏、不可能完成、艰巨、令人为难等的任务
3. a thankless task (= an unpleasant one that nobody wants to do and nobody thanks you for doing)
  吃力不讨好的工作
4. Our first task is to set up a communications system.
  我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
5. Detectives are now faced with the task of identifying the body.
  侦探现在面临辨认尸体这项任务。
6. Getting hold of this information was no easy task (= was difficult) .
  把这一情报搞到手绝不是件轻而易举的事。
（尤指语言教学中旨在帮助达到某一学习目的的）活动
an activity which is designed to help achieve a particular learning goal, especially in language teaching
1. task-based learning
  任务型学习

verb

交给某人（任务）；派给某人（工作）
to give sb a task to do

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 任务;工作
Ataskis an activity or piece of work which you have to do, usually as part of a larger project.
1. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill...
  沃克不得不把这个坏消息告诉希尔。
2. She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
  她白天忙着处理行政工作。
VERB 给…分配任务;派给…（工作）
If youare tasked withdoing a particular activity or piece of work, someone in authority asks you to do it.
1. The minister was tasked with checking that British aid money was being spent wisely.
  部长被指派去督查英国的援助资金是否已用到实处。
PHRASE 批评;责备
If youtakesomeoneto task, you criticize them or tell them off because of something bad or wrong that they have done.
1. The country's intellectuals are also being taken to task for their failure to speak out against the regime.
  该国知识分子也因未能公开反对该政权受到了指责。

英英释义

noun

a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
1. estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
2. the job of repairing the engine took several hours
3. the endless task of classifying the samples
4. the farmer's morning chores
Synonym:jobchore
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
1. he prepared for great undertakings
Synonym:undertakingprojectlabor

verb

use to the limit
1. you are taxing my patience
Synonym:tax
assign a task to
1. I tasked him with looking after the children

双语例句

Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.
部长们低估了他们所面临的任务的艰巨性。
The task is arduous; besides, there's not much time.
任务艰巨，同时时间又很紧迫。
This is not an easy task
这不是件容易的差事。
This is an important task which the people have entrusted to us.
这是人民赋予我们的重任。
They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task.
他们总试图让你从你的任务中分心。
He'll shoulder the task.
他将担负那工作。
He is not competent to the task of teaching English.
他不能胜任英语教学工作。
We will train you first before we set you a task
我们在给你分派任务之前会先对你进行培训。
He said the task of reconstruction would demand much patience, hard work and sacrifice
他说重建任务将需要付出极大的耐心、艰辛和牺牲。
I feel quite ashamed that I have not fulfilled the task.
我没有完成任务，感到很惭愧。