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

• Before Family Days, our weekends were filled with soccer games, errands, and many family parties.
  以前没有家庭日的时候，我们的周末都被足球比赛，差使和许多家庭聚会所占据。
• I need to run some errands. I'll be back soon.
  我有些差事要办。我很快会回来的。
• 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。
• A Thousand Leagues she tramped on the errands of war,| frontiers and hills she crossed like a bird in flight.
  万里赴戎机，关山度若飞。（《木兰诗》）
• I have done the errands quickly.
  我很快干完了这些差事。
• 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。
• After running around doing all of those errands, I just want to relax and watch TV.
  在为那些差事跑了很多地方后，我只想放松放松看看电视。
• I was tied up doing some errands.
  我忙于做一些差事。
• My mom told me she had to drive into the town to run errands.
  我妈妈告诉我她得开车到城里去办事。