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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No, I'm just looking at the menu. Are you hungry?
还没有，我正在看菜单。你饿了吧？
Once the oxygen content of the air had risen to 25% it was ready to burn.
一旦氧气在空气中的含量达到25%，它就要燃烧。
First, it is important to recognize what kind of person you are and which special qualities make you different from everyone else. To help you do this, read the following questions and write down the answers:
首先，重要的一点是要了解你自己是个什么样的人，有哪些特殊的品质使你与众不同。为了帮助你做到这一点，阅读下面的问题并写下答案。