名词

1. How many errands did you do in the trip?
你这次出行完成几项任务？

2. I've got a few errands to do in the town.
我有几件事要进城办。

3. I've no time to run errands for you.
我没有时间为你跑腿。

1. 差事：1987年6月,纽约客杂志发表了一篇雷蒙德卡佛(Raymond Carver)的短篇小说,名叫差事(Errand). 熟悉卡佛的读者发现,这篇小说与作者以往的作品有很大不同. 卡佛笔下的典型人物一直是那些中下层美国人,他们居住在无名的城镇,

2. 差使：current 当前的 | errand 差使 | error 错误

3. 任务：errancy 犯错 | errand 任务 | errand-boy 役童

4. 出差：err 犯错 | errand 出差 | error 错误

1. （短程的）差事;跑腿
An errand is 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.

e.g. She went off on some errand...
她办事去了。
e.g. She had a more urgent errand.
她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。

2. 为…跑腿；为…办事
If you run an errand for someone, you do or get something for them, usually by making a short trip somewhere.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

noun

1. a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission