task

task的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [tæsk]
KK音标发音： [tæsk]

task的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
任务：被分派给某人作为其职责的一部分的工作或被作为某人职责的一部分来完成的工作

2. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
苦差事，困难的工作：一项艰巨的或枯燥乏味的任务

3. A function to be performed; an objective.
目标：应被履行的职责；目标

task的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

4. To assign a task to or impose a task on.
给…分派任务，使…承担任务

5. To overburden with labor; tax.
使过于劳累；使费力

6. To reprimand or censure.
指责，非难

task的词源：

7. Middle English taske [imposed work, tax]
中古英语 taske [担负的工作，赋税]

8. from Old North French tasque
源自 古法国北方方言 tasque

9. from Vulgar Latin *tasca
源自 俗拉丁语 *tasca

10. alteration of *taxa
*taxa的变化

11. from Latin tax3re [to feel, reproach, reckon] * see tax
源自 拉丁语 tax3re [感觉，接近，计数] *参见 tax

task， job， chore， stint， assignment

12. These nouns denote a piece of work that one must do. A task is a well-defined responsibility that is usually imposed by another and that may be burdensome:
这些名词指一个人必须做的一份工作。Task 通常是由另一个人加在执行者身上的一个定义明确的责任，它有可能是十分繁重的：

“A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good” (Samuel Johnson).
“一个人应去读他想读的东西；因为被他当作一种任务来读的东西对他增益甚小” （塞缪尔·约翰逊）。

13. Job often suggests a specific short-term undertaking:
Job 常常暗指某一项特定的短期任务：

“did little jobs about the house with skill” (W.H. Auden).
“在房屋的里里外外娴熟地干点小活” (W·H·奥登）。

14. Chore generally denotes a minor, routine, or odd job:
Chore 通常情况下指一件很小的日常性零杂的活儿：

The farmer's morning chores included cleaning the stables and milking the cows.
农夫早上要干的杂活包括清扫马厩和给奶牛挤奶。

15. Stint refers to a person's prescribed share of work:
Stint 指一个人按规定分担的一份工作：

Her stint as a lifeguard usually consumes three hours a day.
救生员这项工作每天通常花费她三个小时。

16. Assignment generally denotes a task allotted by a person in authority:
Assignment 通常情况下指上司分派的任务：

The reporter's assignment was to attend the trial and interview the principals at its conclusion.
这位记者的任务是出席该次审判并在审判结束后采访被审问的几名主犯