| 释义 |
task /tɑːsk； tæsk/ n. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 任务，(分派或指定的)工作；作业，功课
carry out a task 执行任务
set sb. a task 派某人做一项工作
a school holiday task 学校假期作业
2. 困难的工作；苦差事
Deciphering some people's handwriting is quite a task. 辨认某些人的字迹实在是件困难的工作。
3. (一般)工作
I have many household tasks to do today. 我今天有许多家务要做。
II vt.
1. 派给…任务；要…做一项工作
task sb. to carry on eavesdropping 派某人进行窃听
2. 迫使…工作；使过度劳累，使过于费力；竭尽(心力等)
Lifting the heavy box tasked him beyond his strength. 把那只重箱子提起来累得他精疲力竭。
Mathematics tasks that boy's brain. 数学使那男孩大费脑力。
He often tasks his mind with petty details. 他常常为微不足道的琐事而殚思极虑。
task one's memory 竭力回忆
3. 〈废〉向…课税
[<OFr tasche < ML tasca < taxa tax < L taxāre to tax] phr. take (或 call, bring) sb. to task 责备某人，申斥某人 I was taken to task for being a few minutes late. 我因迟到了几分钟而受训斥。 |