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 |
to perform/carry out/complete/undertake a task 执行╱完成╱承担任务 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Our first task is to set up a communications system. 我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。 | |
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。 | |
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 |
task-based learning 任务型学习 |