Errand
[ 'ɛrənd ]
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n. 差使;差事;使命;
💡 词根助记
err漫游+and=end名词后缀→使命
📝 例句
Can you fill in for me for a few minutes? I have to run an errand.
你能代替我几分钟吗？我必须去办点事。
How many errands did you do in the trip?
你这次出行完成几项任务?
It was the cold of his errand, a foot's errand.
这是因为这趟奔走肯定徒劳无功而感到发冷吧。
It was not an errand that much pleased the doctor.
这种差使医生可不大喜欢干。
For a moment he forgot his errand.
有一小会儿，他忘掉了自己的使命。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ err-犯错误,and-和:工作就会犯错误和差事是连在一起的
※ err-犯错误,and-和:我犯了一个错误和你一起办这个差事
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
errand
n
1 short journey to take a message, get or deliver goods, etc 短程差使（送信、 取货或送货等）
He was tired of running errands for his sister. 他已厌烦给姐姐当跑腿了.
2 object or purpose of such a journey 差事
I've come on a special errand. 我是专程来办一件差事的.
3 (idm 习语) an errand of `mercy journey to bring help to sb who is in distress 帮助受困者之行; 雪中送炭. a fool's errand => fool1.
🔁 扩展释义
*['erәnd]n. 任务, 差使, 使命相关词组: send sb on an errand go on an errand
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We're going to a really nice place down by the river. It's a good place for a camp and there's plenty of shade under the trees.
我们要沿河去一个很好玩的地方。那是个很好的宿营地，有很多树阴凉。
Second, do not start faxing everything!
第二，不要把所有的东西都用来传真！
Many families spend this at a cottage by the seaside or go camping in the hills or on the coast.
许多家庭会在海滨的小屋里度过这段时光，或到小山坡上或在海岸边野营度假。