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N-COUNT
任務(wù);工作
A task is an activity or piece of work which you have to do, usually as part of a larger project.
例句
Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill...
沃克不得不把這個(gè)壞消息告訴希爾。
She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
她白天忙著處理行政工作。
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VERB
給…分配任務(wù);派給…(工作)
If you are tasked with doing a particular activity or piece of work, someone in authority asks you to do it.
例句
The minister was tasked with checking that British aid money was being spent wisely.
部長被指派去督查英國的援助資金是否已用到實(shí)處。
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PHRASE
批評;責(zé)備
If you take someone to task, you criticize them or tell them off because of something bad or wrong that they have done.
例句
The country's intellectuals are also being taken to task for their failure to speak out against the regime.
該國知識分子也因未能公開反對該政權(quán)受到了指責(zé)。