errands

英 [ˈɛrəndz]

美 [ˈɛrəndz]

n.  差使; 差事
errand的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （短程的）差事;跑腿
  Anerrandis 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。
• PHRASE 为…跑腿；为…办事
  If yourun an errand forsomeone, 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。

双语例句

• I was in this way better equipped for her numerous errands.
  这样一来，我替她办许许多多的事情就更方便了。
• I have a lot of errands to run this morning for my boss.
  今天早上老板交给我好多跑腿的事。
• He used to run errands in the yamen.
  他从前在衙门听差。
• The "fool's errands" we play on people are practical jokes.
  我们让人做的愚人差事属于日常性玩笑；
• They are expected to babysit, run errands, and help serve at cocktail parties.
  要求他们做的事情有：看孩子、跑腿儿、在鸡尾酒会上帮忙招待。
• You just wait here. He will run the errands.
  你就在这儿等着，他去跑一趟。
• Ever get back from running errands and realize you have to go back out because you forgot something?
  有没有试过这种情况：正要跑腿去办事又半道折回来，因为你意识到自己忘记了什么事儿不得不回去？
• I would fight tooth and nail to get out of going on all of her other errands.
  我要斗争牙齿和指甲走出去对她的所有其他跑腿。
• I was tied up doing some errands.
  我忙于做一些差事。
• I did all those errands.
  我完成了所有的差事。