Errand
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n. 差使;差事;使命;
?? 詞根助記
err漫游+and=end名詞后綴→使命
?? 例句
Can you fill in for me for a few minutes? I have to run an errand.
你能代替我幾分鐘嗎？我必須去辦點事。
How many errands did you do in the trip?
你這次出行完成幾項任務?
It was the cold of his errand, a foot's errand.
這是因為這趟奔走肯定徒勞無功而感到發冷吧。
It was not an errand that much pleased the doctor.
這種差使醫生可不大喜歡干。
For a moment he forgot his errand.
有一小會兒，他忘掉了自己的使命。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ err-犯錯誤,and-和:工作就會犯錯誤和差事是連在一起的
※ err-犯錯誤,and-和:我犯了一個錯誤和你一起辦這個差事
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
errand
n
1 short journey to take a message, get or deliver goods, etc 短程差使（送信、 取貨或送貨等）
He was tired of running errands for his sister. 他已厭煩給姐姐當跑腿了.
2 object or purpose of such a journey 差事
I've come on a special errand. 我是專程來辦一件差事的.
3 (idm 習語) an errand of `mercy journey to bring help to sb who is in distress 幫助受困者之行; 雪中送炭. a fool's errand => fool1.
?? 擴展釋義
*['er?nd]n. 任務, 差使, 使命相關詞組: send sb on an errand go on an errand
?? 同為「博士」詞匯
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It is thought that they arrived more than 30,000 years ago by crossing a land bridge from Asia to America.
他們被認為是在3萬多年以前從亞洲跨越一座陸橋來到美洲的。
It's a part-time job, so I only work evenings.
這是份兼職，因此我只是晚間上班。
He ate simply, and never ate meat. He rose early in the morning and worked at his wheel, making cotton thread.
他吃得很簡單，且從不吃肉。他每天早晨早早就起床，轉動紡車，紡棉紗。