task
/tɑ:sk; ?@ tæsk; tæsk/ n
1 piece of (esp hard or unpleasant) work that has to be done 必须做的工作（尤指困难的或讨厌的）; 任务: holiday tasks 假期作业
I set myself the task of chopping up the firewood. 我给自己安排了劈柴的任务.
perform the gruesome task of identifying the dead bodies 执行辨认尸体这一可怕的任务
Becoming fluent in a foreign language is no easy task, ie is difficult. 熟练地掌握一门外语是一项艰苦的工作. =>Usage at work1 用法见work1.
2 (idm 习语) take sb to task (about/for/over sth) rebuke or criticize sb 指责或批评某人
I was taken to task for arriving late. 我因迟到而受批评.
She took the government to task over its economic record. 她批评政府的经济劣迹. task, v [Tn.pr esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
~ sb with sth give sth to sb as a task 将某事作为任务交与某人
tasked with the design of a new shopping centre 被派给设计新购物中心的任务.