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Definition of task in English: tasknoun tɑːsktæsk A piece of work to be done or undertaken. 任务 a new manager was given the task of developing the club's talent Example sentencesExamples - These are very difficult tasks, but they're too important to leave just to women.
- This leaves us with some very difficult tasks, if we are to answer some of the questions I posed earlier.
- There are plenty of difficult tasks out there that would be perfect for this phrase.
- It was a difficult task, he said, but so far they had managed to stay on top of it.
- You are not afraid of taking on difficult tasks or ventures that call for skillful manoeuvres.
- Already there are signs that implementing the new justice will be a difficult task.
- If the public does not trust the political system then our task is made doubly difficult.
- Youngsters find learning to blow their nose one of the most difficult of childhood tasks.
- They say that retaining a county championship is a difficult task to say the least.
- The only alternative is the difficult and painful tasks of reform and modernisation.
- My brother has been undertaking the same task, for the last few days, in York.
- Here he achieved that most difficult of tasks, humour and fun in dance.
- That the task remains difficult does not mean the effort is not worthwhile.
- It is also proof that the simplest and most fundamental of tasks are the most difficult to carry off.
- Crossing the busy circle is a difficult task for pedestrians in the absence of a subway.
- Controlling the diet of a child is a difficult task and depends on age and personality.
- Approach difficult people and arduous tasks with a light and positive attitude.
- One of the most difficult tasks of childhood is learning how to resist social pressure.
- The staff could be used weekly or monthly to undertake routine and repetitive tasks.
- Children must be at least 13 before they can legally work and even then can only undertake light tasks.
Synonyms job, duty, chore, charge, labour, piece of work, piece of business, assignment, function, commission, mission, engagement, occupation, undertaking, exercise, business, responsibility, errand, detail, endeavour, enterprise, venture, quest, problem, burden
verb tɑːsktæsk [with object]1Assign a task to. NATO troops are tasked with separating the warring parties 北约军队的任务是隔离交战双方。 Example sentencesExamples - The committee was tasked with deliberating the content of the bill, while the special team has dealt mainly with the bill's wording.
- Children will be tasked with picturing their group activities or special events over the next two months in time for the June 30 deadline.
- They were armed with air-to-air missiles only, and were tasked with destroying airborne threats.
- And still other from the Texas National Guard are tasked with purifying drinking water.
- Several staff members were tasked with lightly re-editing stories and headlines each day for the new format.
- We're tasked with ensuring areas are swept free of any possible explosive devices left by a would-be assassin.
- Hammond was tasked with moving in to make necessary changes.
- They have been tasked with adjudicating on individual claims.
- The audit agency is tasked with examining the implementation of the state budget and the financial reports of state institutions.
- The talented team of lighting, stage and sound technicians are tasked with bringing to life the first ever performances in the Orangery.
- Every local authority in London has been tasked with increasing recycling and Lewisham was targeted to reach 10 per cent.
- She was tasked with translating documents and recordings from FBI wire taps.
- Occasionally, I was tasked with cleaning the room and re-inventorying the canned goods.
- The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was tasked with providing advice to States on the implementation of the Platform for Action.
- While Porter heads for the mainland to get the boat repaired, Sandy is tasked with a load of chores.
- The 40-year-old was principally tasked with organising the Prince's social diary and entertaining.
- Each student group was tasked with carrying out a market research project and produced a marketing plan for their assigned client company.
- There's a special division of career Justice Department officials who are tasked with doing this kind of work.
- A planned conference committee hearing has been tasked with resolving these conflicting numbers.
- Now the group, which is tasked with monitoring stop and search use in Lewisham, is planning an educational video so young people are fully aware of their rights.
- 1.1 Make great demands on (someone's resources or abilities)
对（手段，能力）要求极高；考验；使费尽心机 it tasked his diplomatic skill to effect his departure in safety 要使自己能安全离开是对他外交才能的考验。 Example sentencesExamples - When tasking your resources, make sure the plan is feasible.
PhrasesReprimand or criticize someone severely for a fault or mistake. 严厉责备（或批评）某人，斥责 he took some military experts to task for their optimistic predictions Example sentencesExamples - Having retrospectively castigated him at length for mixing fact and opinion, she was taken to task by the presenter over statements in her own work regarding the European constitution.
- And some critics will then take us to task for flouting ordinary usage.
- That is the only reason I can think of to explain why he has not been taken to task more severely by the media.
- Which means there will be plenty of scolds out there taking us to task again for crass consumerism.
- We have had this blip and we do not criticise the PTA for taking us to task about it.
- Because of her delight in flouting traditional or fashionable bottoms and tops, Morrison has been taken to task by feminist critics for not supporting the party line.
- Some of you, however, took us to task about our coverage, saying it was short of some very important information.
- Critics and academics frequently take Kurosawa to task for the lack of female perspective in his films.
- Rest assured you will be taken to task at every opportunity for hate crime.
- The 15-year-old Oaklands School pupil took us to task for never featuring the graphic novels he loves.
Synonyms rebuke, reprimand, reprove, reproach, remonstrate with, upbraid, scold, berate, lecture, castigate, censure, criticize, admonish, chide, chasten, lambaste, nag, blame, arraign, call to account, haul over the coals, read someone the riot act
OriginMiddle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxare 'censure, charge' (see tax). An early sense of the verb was 'impose a tax on'. tax from Middle English: Tax and task—the earliest sense of which was to impose a tax on—both go back to Latin taxare ‘to censure, charge, compute’. Task in the general sense ‘something that has to be done’ is found from the late 16th century.
Rhymesask, bask, cask, flask, Krasnoyarsk, mask, masque Definition of task in US English: tasknountasktæsk A piece of work to be done or undertaken. 任务 Example sentencesExamples - That the task remains difficult does not mean the effort is not worthwhile.
- Controlling the diet of a child is a difficult task and depends on age and personality.
- One of the most difficult tasks of childhood is learning how to resist social pressure.
- This leaves us with some very difficult tasks, if we are to answer some of the questions I posed earlier.
- It was a difficult task, he said, but so far they had managed to stay on top of it.
- Crossing the busy circle is a difficult task for pedestrians in the absence of a subway.
- They say that retaining a county championship is a difficult task to say the least.
- If the public does not trust the political system then our task is made doubly difficult.
- The staff could be used weekly or monthly to undertake routine and repetitive tasks.
- Youngsters find learning to blow their nose one of the most difficult of childhood tasks.
- Here he achieved that most difficult of tasks, humour and fun in dance.
- It is also proof that the simplest and most fundamental of tasks are the most difficult to carry off.
- Approach difficult people and arduous tasks with a light and positive attitude.
- Children must be at least 13 before they can legally work and even then can only undertake light tasks.
- My brother has been undertaking the same task, for the last few days, in York.
- You are not afraid of taking on difficult tasks or ventures that call for skillful manoeuvres.
- Already there are signs that implementing the new justice will be a difficult task.
- The only alternative is the difficult and painful tasks of reform and modernisation.
- There are plenty of difficult tasks out there that would be perfect for this phrase.
- These are very difficult tasks, but they're too important to leave just to women.
Synonyms job, duty, chore, charge, labour, piece of work, piece of business, assignment, function, commission, mission, engagement, occupation, undertaking, exercise, business, responsibility, errand, detail, endeavour, enterprise, venture, quest, problem, burden
verbtasktæsk [with object]usually be tasked1Assign a piece of work to. 给…委派任务 NATO troops are tasked with separating the warring parties 北约军队的任务是隔离交战双方。 Example sentencesExamples - And still other from the Texas National Guard are tasked with purifying drinking water.
- The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was tasked with providing advice to States on the implementation of the Platform for Action.
- While Porter heads for the mainland to get the boat repaired, Sandy is tasked with a load of chores.
- Now the group, which is tasked with monitoring stop and search use in Lewisham, is planning an educational video so young people are fully aware of their rights.
- The audit agency is tasked with examining the implementation of the state budget and the financial reports of state institutions.
- Several staff members were tasked with lightly re-editing stories and headlines each day for the new format.
- Occasionally, I was tasked with cleaning the room and re-inventorying the canned goods.
- Children will be tasked with picturing their group activities or special events over the next two months in time for the June 30 deadline.
- They have been tasked with adjudicating on individual claims.
- They were armed with air-to-air missiles only, and were tasked with destroying airborne threats.
- Every local authority in London has been tasked with increasing recycling and Lewisham was targeted to reach 10 per cent.
- We're tasked with ensuring areas are swept free of any possible explosive devices left by a would-be assassin.
- The committee was tasked with deliberating the content of the bill, while the special team has dealt mainly with the bill's wording.
- The talented team of lighting, stage and sound technicians are tasked with bringing to life the first ever performances in the Orangery.
- A planned conference committee hearing has been tasked with resolving these conflicting numbers.
- She was tasked with translating documents and recordings from FBI wire taps.
- There's a special division of career Justice Department officials who are tasked with doing this kind of work.
- The 40-year-old was principally tasked with organising the Prince's social diary and entertaining.
- Hammond was tasked with moving in to make necessary changes.
- Each student group was tasked with carrying out a market research project and produced a marketing plan for their assigned client company.
- 1.1 Make great demands on (someone's resources or abilities)
对（手段，能力）要求极高；考验；使费尽心机 it tasked his diplomatic skill to effect his departure in safety 要使自己能安全离开是对他外交才能的考验。 Example sentencesExamples - When tasking your resources, make sure the plan is feasible.
PhrasesReprimand or criticize someone severely for a fault or mistake. 严厉责备（或批评）某人，斥责 Example sentencesExamples - The 15-year-old Oaklands School pupil took us to task for never featuring the graphic novels he loves.
- Rest assured you will be taken to task at every opportunity for hate crime.
- That is the only reason I can think of to explain why he has not been taken to task more severely by the media.
- Having retrospectively castigated him at length for mixing fact and opinion, she was taken to task by the presenter over statements in her own work regarding the European constitution.
- Which means there will be plenty of scolds out there taking us to task again for crass consumerism.
- We have had this blip and we do not criticise the PTA for taking us to task about it.
- Because of her delight in flouting traditional or fashionable bottoms and tops, Morrison has been taken to task by feminist critics for not supporting the party line.
- Critics and academics frequently take Kurosawa to task for the lack of female perspective in his films.
- And some critics will then take us to task for flouting ordinary usage.
- Some of you, however, took us to task about our coverage, saying it was short of some very important information.
Synonyms rebuke, reprimand, reprove, reproach, remonstrate with, upbraid, scold, berate, lecture, castigate, censure, criticize, admonish, chide, chasten, lambaste, nag, blame, arraign, call to account, haul over the coals, read someone the riot act
OriginMiddle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxare ‘censure, charge’ (see tax). An early sense of the verb was ‘impose a tax on’. |