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

• He used to run errands in the yamen.
  他从前在衙门听差。
• You just wait here. He will run the errands.
  你就在这儿等着，他去跑一趟。
• I have done the errands quickly.
  我很快干完了这些差事。
• He was tired of running errands for his sister.
  他已厌烦给姐姐当跑脚了。
• They call me, say that things wants me to run and run errands.
  他们喊我出来，说有事要我跑跑腿。
• I was tied up doing some errands.
  我忙于做一些差事。
• I performed my chores. I completed my projects. I ran my errands.
  我给家里人做早饭，做家务，完成计划，履行使命。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。