简明英汉词典

 task
[tB:sk]
n.
任务, 作业
v.
分派任务

美国传统词典[双解]

 task
task
AHD:[t2sk]
D.J.[t#sk]
K.K.[t#sk]
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
v.tr.（及物动词）
tasked， task.ing， tasks

(1)

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

(2)

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

习惯用语

 take to task或

call to task 或

bring to task
To reprimand or censure.
指责，非难

语源

(1)

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

(2)

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

(3)

 from Vulgar Latin *tasca
源自 俗拉丁语 *tasca

(4)

 alteration of *taxa
*taxa的变化

(5)

 from Latin tax3e [to feel, reproach, reckon] * see tax
源自 拉丁语 tax3e [感觉，接近，计数] *参见 tax

参考词汇

(1)

 task， job， chore， stint， assignment

(2)

 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）。

(3)

 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）。

(4)

 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。

(5)

 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。

(6)

 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

现代英汉词典

 task
[tB:sk; (?@) tAsk]
n.
任务；工作；艰苦的事情
This task is accomplished by great effort.
这项任务是经过巨大努力才完成的。
Washing the dishes is a task I do not enjoy.
洗碟子是个苦差事，我不喜欢做。

习惯用语

 take sb. to task
责备某人

词性变化

 task
vt.
交给…一项任务

现代英汉综合大辞典

 task
[tB:sk]
n.

(1)

 工作, 任务, 作业

(2)

 劳役; 艰苦的工作
an arduous task
艰巨的任务
so easy a task
很轻松的活
too burdensome a task
太累赘的工作
bend one's back to the task until one's dying day
鞠躬尽瘁, 死而后已
fulfil a task
完成一项任务

词性变化

 task
[tB:sk]
vt.

(1)

 使辛劳; 使过于劳累; 使做艰苦的工作
task one's mind
伤脑筋
task one's energies
竭尽全力
Do not task your strength too much.
不要工作过量。

(2)

 【说明】①work 常指正式职业和职位的经常性、一般性工作 ②task 一般指必须完成的“任务”, 如: Mother set me the task of sweeping the floor.母亲把扫地的任务 交给了我。 ③task 往往含有“艰巨”、“沉重”等意思, 而work 除另有修饰语外不含此种意思 ④task 是可数名词, work 是不可数名词。

继承用法

 taskmaster (fem.taskmistress)
n.
工头; 监工; 虐待者; 严厉的主人

taskwork
[`tB:skw\:k; `tAsk-]
n.

(1)

 计件工作, 派定的工作

(2)

 重活

习惯用语

 herculean task
需要付出巨大气力的工作; 极为艰巨的工作

set sb. a task
给某人一项任务, 派某人做一件工作

take [call, bring] sb. to task
责备某人, 申斥某人

uphill task
费力的工作, 艰巨的任务

特殊用法

 attached task
被隶属任务, 子任务

basic task
基本任务

current task
现任务

daily maintenance task
每日保养[日常维修]工作

developmental task
发展阶段任务(哈维格斯特研究青少年发展心理所设想的任务, 如情感、稳定、生活独立性等)

holiday task
(学生)假期作业

main [major] task
主任务

personal task
自拟题目

practical task (assignment)
实习作业

source task
原始任务

supplementary task
补充习题[作业]

task of design
设计任务

用法词典

 task
来自中古英语taske

参考词汇

(1)

 task,duty,job都有“工作”或“任务”的意思。task表示雇主、父母或老师所摊派、分配、布置或强加给的工作，一般汉译为“任务”、“工作”。词义引申之后，task不指别人强加的“任务”，而指自己的业务或生活境况或自己的信仰所赋予的“任务”
After buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle together again.
我买了一条新链子之后，便面临一个难以克服的任务：把这个使人眼花缭乱的“益智分合图”再重新组合起来。
Exploring really deep caves is not a task for the Sunday afternoon rambler.
勘探真正深邃的洞穴，决非星期日下午散步人的任务。

(2)

 duty在表示“工作”、“活儿”或“事儿”时，总含有“义务”或“份内的事”的意思
It is my duty to warn you.
我有责任向你提出警告。
The duty of a postman is to deliver letters and parcels.
送信和邮包是邮递员份内的事。
Don't forget your duty to your parents.
别忘记，你应孝敬父母

(3)

 job在表示“工作”、“活儿”或“事儿”时，既不包含强加的意思，也不表示对谁承担“义务”的意思，而表示“自己所从事的业务、职业或行业方面的工作”。例如：你是木工，别人请你做一只箱子，你可以接受也可以不接受。此外job可以表示任何一件“事儿”，做这件“事儿”
Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple.
照例，修理工作并非如此简单。
If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours.
如果土壤下面不是有一层坚硬的岩石的话，他们在几小时之内就完成这个工作了。

(4)

 注：job还可以表示职业方面含义的“工作”，这时它的同义词为position, place, situation, post.
Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story.

英文相关词典

 task
assignment    chore    duty    function    job    stint    work    

[七国语言]英汉信息大词典

 task
任务

英汉双解计算机词典

 task

任务
1. In a multiprogramming or multiprocessing environment, oneor more sequences of instructions treated by a control program as an element of work to be accomplished by a computer.
在多道程序或多进程环境中，要由计算机来完成的基本工作元，它是由控制程序处理的一 个或多个指令序列。 2. In word processing, a basic unit of work to be accomplished by the operator. | 在字(词)处理技术中，由操作员完成的一种基本工作单位。 3. In IBM Series/1, the dispatchable entity used by the supervisor to establish and track concurrent program execution within the system. Each task represents a single thread of execution through a program or set of programs. The first program executed under each task is a primary program. All others are secondary programs. | 在IBM Series/1中，为了在系统中建立和跟踪并发程序的执行，由管理程序使用的可调度实 体。每个任务表示通过一个程序或一组程序执行的单一线索。在每个任务下执行的第一个程 序是主程序，其它皆是辅程序。 4. In DPCX, a unit of work for the process or that is used for the execution of a program or a system function. A task is represented by a series of 256byte blocks called the symbolic machine. | 在分布式处理控制执行程序(DPCX)中，用于执行一个程序或一个系统功能的一种处理机工作 单位。任务由256字节块的系列(称为符号机)表示。 5. In IBM VSE, the basic unit of synchronous program execution. A task consists of instructions operating synchronously upon program data. Although a task is executed synchronously with respect to its own instructions, its instructions are executed asynchronously with respect to all other tasks in the system. | 在IBM的操作系统VSE中，同步程序执行的基本单位。任务是由对程序数据进行同步操作的指 令所组成。虽然任务相对于它自己的指令是同步执行的，但它的指令相对于系统中所有其它 任务是异步执行的。参阅data services task, hardcopy task, operator station task, logger task。

美国传统词典

 task
task
AHD:[t2sk]
D.J.[t#sk]
K.K.[t#sk]
n.

(1)

 A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.

(2)

 A difficult or tedious undertaking.

(3)

 A function to be performed; an objective.
v.tr.
tasked, task.ing, tasks

(1)

 To assign a task to or impose a task on.

(2)

 To overburden with labor; tax.

习惯用语

 take to taskor

call to task or

bring to task
To reprimand or censure.

语源

(1)

 Middle English taske [imposed work, tax]

(2)

 from Old North French tasque

(3)

 from Vulgar Latin *tasca

(4)

 alteration of *taxa

(5)

 from Latin tax3e [to feel, reproach, reckon] * see tax

参考词汇

(1)

 task, job, chore, stint, assignment

(2)

 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:
“A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good” (Samuel Johnson).

(3)

 Job often suggests a specific short-term undertaking:
“did little jobs about the house with skill” (W.H. Auden).

(4)

 Chore generally denotes a minor, routine, or odd job:
The farmer's morning chores included cleaning the stables and milking the cows.

(5)

 Stint refers to a person's prescribed share of work:
Her stint as a lifeguard usually consumes three hours a day.

(6)

 Assignment generally denotes a task allotted by a person in authority:
The reporter's assignment was to attend the trial and interview the principals at its conclusion.

[名词委审定]英汉计算机名词(第二版, 2002)

 task
任务

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 task
n.任务

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 task
任务

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 task
n.任务,作业

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 task
n.工作 ,任务,作业

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 task
n.任务

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 task
n.任务,艰苦的工作,工作;vt.派给...工作,使...辛劳

英汉计算机大词典

 task
n.任务(艰苦的工作);vt.派给...工作(使...辛劳)

英汉建筑大词典

 task
n.作业,工作,任务

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n.敌敌畏

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 task
n.任务,职务,作业

英汉心理学大词典

 task
任务

英汉仪器仪表术语词典

 task
任务[ 为达到某种目的，由数字计算机的中央处理单元执行的一组指令、数据和]

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