ADJECTIVE | VERB + TASK | TASK + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth, massive, monumental令人生畏的任務;充滿挑戰性的任務;令人畏縮的任務;艱巨的任務;異常艱巨的任務;偉大的任務;極其繁重的任務▸➤arduous, demanding, difficult, hard, laborious, onerous, stiff, time-consuming, tough, uphill (especially BrE) 艱苦的/費力的/困難的/艱巨的/令人筋疲力盡的/繁重的/艱難的/耗時的/棘手的/艱辛的任務▸➤dangerous, hazardous (especially BrE) 危險的任務▸➤basic, easy, simple, small, trivial最簡單的/輕鬆的/簡單的/不重要的/無關緊要的任務◇the simple task of making a sandwich做一個三明治的簡單任務➤menial, mundane, repetitive, routine, tedious卑賤的/平凡的/重複性的/日常的/枯燥的工作▸➤complex, complicated複雜的工作▸➤delicate, tricky需小心對待的/棘手的工作▸➤hopeless, impossible徒勞的/不可能完成的工作▸➤daily, day-to-day, everyday, routine日常工作;常規工作▸➤central, fundamental, important, main, major, primary, principal中心任務;基本任務;重要任務;主要任務;首要任務◇The primary task of the chair is to ensure the meeting runs smoothly.會議主持人的首要任務是確保會議順利進行。➤critical, crucial, essential, key, vital決定性的/至關重要的/非常重要的/關鍵的/極為重要的任務▸➤immediate, urgent當前的任務;當務之急▸➤pleasant令人愉快的工作▸➤thankless, unenviable, unpleasant費力不討好的/不會令人羨慕的/令人不愉快的工作➤grim嚴峻的任務◇the grim task of identifying the dead查明死者身分的嚴峻任務➤administrative, domestic, household, manual行政工作;家務活兒;體力活兒▸➤self-appointed給自己安排的工作VERB + TASK➤handle, take on, take upon yourself, undertake處理工作;承擔工作;擔當任務◇Nobody was willing to take on such a thankless task.沒有人願意承擔這種費力不討好的工作。➤approach, face, get to grips with, tackle處理工作;正視任務;認真處理任務;應對工作◇How do you tackle a task like that?你怎麼處理那種工作?➤begin, start開始工作▸➤carry out, do, fulfil/fulfill, get on with, perform做工作;完成任務;執行任務◇I left her to get on with the task of correcting the errors.我讓她自己繼續改正錯誤。➤accomplish, complete, finish, succeed in完成工作;圓滿完成任務▸➤cope with處理工作▸➤fail, fail at, fail in未完成任務▸➤allocate, assign (sb), delegate, entrust sb with, give sb, set sb分配工作;指派(某人)任務;委託某人工作◇She failed to complete the task that she had been set.她未能完成分配給她的工作。➤be charged with, be faced with, have負責任務;面臨任務;有任務◇She was charged with the important task of telling the children.她負責通知孩子們這項重要任務。➤be engaged in從事工作◇I was engaged in the delicate task of clipping the dog's claws.我那時做的是修剪狗爪這種精細的工作。➤help in, help sb with幫忙幹活兒;幫某人做工作▸➤be suited to適合做某項工作◇His thick fingers were not well suited to the task.他手指粗,不太適合做這項工作。TASK + VERB➤involve sth, require sth任務涉及⋯/需要⋯◇The task requires a variety of skills and experience.這項工作需要多種技能和經驗。➤fall to sb任務落到某人頭上◇The unenviable task of telling my parents fell to my teacher.通知我父母這件苦差事落在了我老師的頭上。➤confront sb, face sb任務臨到某人頭上◇The team have no illusions about the size of the task confronting them.這個隊對他們所面臨任務的艱巨性沒有抱任何幻想。PREPOSITION➤task for⋯須承擔的任務◇a hard task for the committee委員會的一項艱巨任務➤task in在⋯方面的任務◇one of the first tasks in language learning語言學習的首要任務之一PHRASES➤be no easy task絕非易事◇Translating the letter was no easy task.翻譯這封信絕非易事。➤the task ahead, the task at hand, the task before us, the task in hand (BrE) 今後的任務;手頭的工作;擺在我們面前的任務◇We need to think realistically about the task ahead.我們需要現實地考慮一下今後的任務。◇We should stop chatting and get back to the task in / at hand.我們別閒聊了,做手頭的工作吧。
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