errand

英 [ˈerənd]

美 [ˈerənd]

n.  差使; 差事

复数：errands　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12341 / COCA.9937

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

• How did that other errand go?
  另一件差事怎么样了？
• Then you're gonna have to run an errand for me.
  那你要帮我跑个腿。
• I am an office boy so everyone can order me to go on an errand for them if possible.
  我是办公文员，所以如有可能的话，大家都可以差遣我替他们跑腿。
• I have to go an errand for him now.
  我现在得去听他的差遣。
• They sent me all the way to Brighton to buy some special component, but it turned out to be a fool's errand because they are out of stock.
  他们派我到很远的布赖特恩去买个特殊的部件，但结果却是件徒劳无益的差事，因为那儿没有货。
• She went off on some errand
  她办事去了。
• Are we both on the same errand?
  我们是不是都在干同一桩差事？
• I've come on a special errand.
  我是专程来办一件差事的。
• I'm afraid you're going on a fool's errand.
  我恐怕你会枉费心机。
• 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？