errand

noun

1. 差使；差事
   a job that you do for sb that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy sth, deliver goods, etc.
   1. He often runs errands for his grandmother.
      他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。
   2. Her boss sent her on an errand into town.
      老板派她进城办事去了。

1. N-COUNT （短程的）差事;跑腿
   An errand is a short trip that you make in order to do a job for someone, for example when you go to a shop to buy something for them.
   1. She went off on some errand...
      她办事去了。
   2. She had a more urgent errand.
      她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。
2. PHRASE 为…跑腿；为…办事
   If you run an errand for someone, you do or get something for them, usually by making a short trip somewhere.
   1. She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother...
      她总是在为她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。
   2. Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
      弗兰克开始为当地一个下流的恶人跑腿做坏事。

1. She went off on some errand
   她办事去了。
2. She had a more urgent errand.
   她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。
3. She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother
   她总是在为她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。
4. Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
   弗兰克开始为当地一个下流的恶人跑腿做坏事。
5. He was here on some secret errand with a false passport.
   他用一个假护照在这里干秘密工作。
6. They sent me all the way to Brighton to buy some special component, but it turned out to be a fool's errand because they are out of stock.
   他们派我到很远的布赖特恩去买个特殊的部件，但结果却是件徒劳无益的差事，因为那儿没有货。
7. He had got his breath back too. And his errand had succeeded.
   他也恢复正常的呼吸了，而且他报信的使命已经完成。
8. That was your errand? You're birthing a horse?
   这就是你的差事？给马接生？
9. Are we both on the same errand?
   我们是不是都在干同一桩差事？
10. Did you know this morning, now, that you were coming out on this errand?
    你是今天早晨才知道你要出来办这件差事的吗？
11. How did that other errand go?
    另一件差事怎么样了？
12. I have to go an errand for him now.
    我现在得去听他的差遣。
13. So I'd agree with you. A fool's errand, no doubt about it.
    所以我同意你的话，我这些举动还真是愚蠢行为，毫无疑问。
14. I'm afraid you're going on a fool's errand.
    我恐怕你会枉费心机。
15. I guess I could, but I've got an errand to do first.
    我想我能吧，可我要先办一件事。
16. He sat outside the courtyard gate for a long time, his mind a blank, his errand forgotten.
    坐在大门口，他楞了好大半天，心中空了，忘了他是干什么呢。
17. In this adoration she forgot everything, even the errand with which she was charged.
    在那种仰慕当中，她忘了一切，连别人叫她做的事也忘了。
18. For a moment he forgot his errand.
    有一小会儿，他忘掉了自己的使命。
19. If an errand had to be run, she was always the first volunteer.
    如果有什么差事要跑跑腿的话，他总是第一个自告奋勇者。
20. He shouldn't have sent you on this errand.
    他不应该让你赶这差事。
21. How could you make an intelligent student do such an errand?
    你怎么能让一个天才学生去做这种差事？
22. Now that I am out on errand, they will never know whether I am working or not.
    由于我在外面跑腿，他们永远也不知道我是否在工作？
23. Then you're gonna have to run an errand for me.
    那你要帮我跑个腿。
24. I've come on a special errand.
    我是专程来办一件差事的。
25. 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。
26. Running another errand for your boyfriend?
    又为你的男朋友来出差了？
27. I got to run a little errand here.
    我刚才做错了一件事。
28. Will you mind waiting just a few minutes till I finish my errand in this store?
    我在这商店办点事，你能等我一会儿吗？
29. A fool's errand, you say.
    你会说，这还真是愚蠢的行为。
30. I am an office boy so everyone can order me to go on an errand for them if possible.
    我是办公文员，所以如有可能的话，大家都可以差遣我替他们跑腿。

noun

1. a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission