tasks

英 [tɑːsks]

美 [tæsks]

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)
task的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• Augustus instituted boards of curators to take charge of administrative tasks.
  奥古斯都曾设立保佐人委员会负责行政事务。
• We will conscientiously carry out all tasks and measures for punishing and preventing corruption.
  认真落实惩治和预防腐败的各项任务和措施。
• Sometimes a well-defined job becomes cluttered with self-imposed tasks.
  有时一项职责明确的工作会因一些自愿承担的任务而乱作一团。
• His manual dexterity and fine spatial skills were wasted on routine tasks.
  他灵巧的动手能力和杰出的空间识别能力都浪费在日常事务上了。
• All her life, Kelly had stuck with difficult tasks and challenges, and triumphed
  凯莉一生经历了各种艰巨的任务与挑战，她都一一成功应对了。
• Routine tasks are often delegated to inexperienced young doctors.
  例行工作经常委派缺乏经验的年轻医生去做。
• This is how we see our tasks, and the substance and content of our work for the forthcoming period.
  这就是我们对工作任务的看法，以及下一阶段我们工作的实质与内容。
• One of the biggest tasks will be to control the spread of malaria.
  最大的任务之一就是控制疟疾的蔓延。
• The team leader has assigned tasks to all the groups.
  队长给每个组都分派了任务。
• A distinction should be made between the primary and secondary tasks.
  要区别主要的和次要的任务。