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
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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I see.
我明白了。
They took with them dogs, rats and plants like the sweet potato,and settled mainly in North Island where the weather was warmer.
他们随身带去了狗、老鼠及像红薯之类的植物，并且大部分定居在气候比较温暖的北岛。
Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and was honoured as a hero.
甘地于1915年回到印度时，被推崇为英雄。