task

noun

1. （尤指艰巨或令人厌烦的）任务，工作
   a piece of work that sb has to do, especially a hard or unpleasant one
   1. to perform/carry out/complete/undertake a task
      执行 / 完成 / 承担任务
   2. a daunting/an impossible/a formidable/an unenviable, etc. task
      令人望而生畏、不可能完成、艰巨、令人为难等的任务
   3. a thankless task (= an unpleasant one that nobody wants to do and nobody thanks you for doing)
      吃力不讨好的工作
   4. Our first task is to set up a communications system.
      我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
   5. Detectives are now faced with the task of identifying the body.
      侦探现在面临辨认尸体这项任务。
   6. Getting hold of this information was no easy task (= was difficult) .
      把这一情报搞到手绝不是件轻而易举的事。
2. （尤指语言教学中旨在帮助达到某一学习目的的）活动
   an activity which is designed to help achieve a particular learning goal, especially in language teaching
   1. task-based learning
      任务型学习

verb

1. 交给某人（任务）；派给某人（工作）
   to give sb a task to do

1. N-COUNT 任务;工作
   A task is an activity or piece of work which you have to do, usually as part of a larger project.
   1. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill...
      沃克不得不把这个坏消息告诉希尔。
   2. She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
      她白天忙着处理行政工作。
2. VERB 给…分配任务;派给…（工作）
   If you are tasked with doing a particular activity or piece of work, someone in authority asks you to do it.
   1. The minister was tasked with checking that British aid money was being spent wisely.
      部长被指派去督查英国的援助资金是否已用到实处。
3. PHRASE 批评;责备
   If you take someone to task, you criticize them or tell them off because of something bad or wrong that they have done.
   1. The country's intellectuals are also being taken to task for their failure to speak out against the regime.
      该国知识分子也因未能公开反对该政权受到了指责。

1. The task was more arduous than he had calculated.
   这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。
2. The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces
   他说白天发生的事件只会使维和部队的任务更为复杂。
3. Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.
   部长们低估了他们所面临的任务的艰巨性。
4. He said the task of reconstruction would demand much patience, hard work and sacrifice
   他说重建任务将需要付出极大的耐心、艰辛和牺牲。
5. This is not an easy task
   这不是件容易的差事。
6. He was forced to entrust an assistant with the important task of testing and demonstrating aircraft to prospective customers
   他不得不将向潜在客户测试和展示飞行器的重任交托给一名助手。
7. The task requires extraordinary patience and endurance
   那项任务需要非凡的耐心和毅力。
8. Don't forget that she's new to this game and will take a while to complete the task.
   别忘了她缺乏这方面的经验，完成任务还需要一些时间。
9. Only gradually are technologies being developed to mechanize the task
   使这项任务实现机械化的技术只能逐步发展。
10. A key task is to get pupils to perceive for themselves the relationship between success and effort
    关键任务是让学生们自己认识到成功和努力之间的关系。
11. The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged
    该队的首要任务是决定可以抢救哪些设备。
12. We will train you first before we set you a task
    我们在给你分派任务之前会先对你进行培训。
13. They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task.
    他们总试图让你从你的任务中分心。
14. His task is to ensure the fair use and storage of personal information held on computer.
    他的任务是确保计算机里的个人信息得到合理利用和妥善存储。
15. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill
    沃克不得不把这个坏消息告诉希尔。
16. She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
    她白天忙着处理行政工作。
17. The minister was tasked with checking that British aid money was being spent wisely.
    部长被指派去督查英国的援助资金是否已用到实处。
18. The country's intellectuals are also being taken to task for their failure to speak out against the regime.
    该国知识分子也因未能公开反对该政权受到了指责。
19. We have set up a task force to look at the question of women returning to work.
    我们已经成立了一个工作组去调查妇女复工的问题。
20. The computer has simplified the difficult task of teaching reading to the deaf.
    电脑简化了教聋人阅读这一艰巨的工作。
21. She undertook the arduous task of monitoring the elections.
    她承担了监督选举的艰巨任务。
22. Thanks to your help, we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.
    亏得你们帮忙，我们才提前完成了任务。
23. This is a hard job.; The task is arduous.
    这个任务很吃重。
24. The task is arduous; besides, there's not much time.
    任务艰巨，同时时间又很紧迫。
25. I feel quite ashamed that I have not fulfilled the task.
    我没有完成任务，感到很惭愧。
26. He'll shoulder the task.
    他将担负那工作。
27. Right, we will fulfil the task.
    是，我们一定完成任务。
28. He is not competent to the task of teaching English.
    他不能胜任英语教学工作。
29. This is an important task which the people have entrusted to us.
    这是人民赋予我们的重任。
30. He will assist you to complete the task.
    这项任务由他辅助你去完成。

  task assignment【导航词义：任务】

  task n. 任务，工作

〔辨析〕可指雇主、老师、父母等分派给的任务，有时也指自愿承担的工作，常含较为艰巨或令人厌烦之意。

  assignment n. 任务，作业

〔辨析〕较正式用词，指分派的工作任务或指定的课外作业。

n.

take sb to task (for/over sth)

• 严厉地责备；申斥；训斥
  to criticize sb strongly for sth they have done

noun

1. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
   1. estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
   2. the job of repairing the engine took several hours
   3. the endless task of classifying the samples
   4. the farmer's morning chores

   Synonym:    jobchore

2. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
   1. he prepared for great undertakings

   Synonym:    undertakingprojectlabor

verb

1. use to the limit
   1. you are taxing my patience

   Synonym:    tax

2. assign a task to
   1. I tasked him with looking after the children