Errand



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 差使; 差事
• ［英］ n. 差使 ( a trip to do a definite thing )
• ［记］ err ( 跑) +and -> 跑的事情 -> 差使
• ［同］ 参考: aberration ( 跑偏, 越轨)
• ［例］ I've got a few errands to do in the town.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English erend message, business, from Old English ?rend; akin to Old High German ārunti message
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. archaic
  • a. an oral message entrusted to a person
  • b. embassy, mission
• 2.
  • a. a short trip taken to attend to some business often for another <was on an errand for his mother>
  • b. the object or purpose of such a trip

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