to perform/carry out/complete/undertake a task
执行╱完成╱承担任务
a daunting/an impossible/a formidable/an unenviable, etc. task
令人望而生畏、不可能完成、艰巨、令人为难等的任务
a thankless task(= an unpleasant one that nobody wants to do and nobody thanks you for doing)
吃力不讨好的工作
Our first task is to set up a communications system.
我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
Detectives are now faced with the task of identifying the body.
侦探现在面临辨认尸体这项任务。
Getting hold of this information was no easy task(= was difficult) .
把这一情报搞到手绝不是件轻而易举的事。
task-based learning
任务型学习
to give sb a task to do
1.(派定的)工作,任务,功课
2.艰苦的工作,苦差使
3.〈废〉租税,税款
1.虐待,使作苦工
2.派给工作
3.〈废〉课税
1.something that you have to do, often something that is difficult or unpleasant
1.to give someone a particular responsibility
1.Whenever you're trying to promote a brand name, your first task is to make clear where the brand is available.
每当你要宣传一个商标名称时，你的首要任务是说清楚哪里会看到这个商标。
2.You can now use the SQL outline again to see that the cost estimate is reduced just by doing this simple task.
现在您可以再次查看SQL大纲，您将看到，成本估计降低了，这仅仅是因为执行这个简单任务。
3.The policies that take us there must be up to the task: tough, smart, and driven by the core interests of the United States.
为实现我们的目标而制定的政策必须不辜负这项使命：有力、明智、符合美国的核心利益。
4.People seem to like getting a card for Valentine's Day, and it's so much easier to deal with the task once Christmas is over.
人们似乎挺喜欢收到一张情人节贺卡，而且当圣诞节过完后寄贺卡要容易得多。
5.It's just as if it were a task he was compelled to perform--this interview--for fear his father should scold him.
那正像是他被迫来完成一个任务似的——这次见面——唯恐他父亲会骂他。
6.Writing constructors is often a repetitive task.
编写构造函数经常是重复性的工作。
7.You can create a Data Flow task that has no data flow, but the task executes only if it includes at least one data flow.
可以创建无数据流的数据流任务，但任务只有在其包含至少一个数据流时才执行。
8.Control of the armed forces to eradicate the enemy, the huge task of the system waiting for you.
指挥军队消灭敌军，庞大的任务系统等着你。
9.However, getting one carbon atom to bind to another is often not an easy task.
然而让碳原子一个一个结合通常不是件容易的事。
10.The major task in Spring 2008 was to carry out a more comprehensive survey via drilling to investigate the distribution of the site.
2008年春季的主要工作重点是对已知的遗址范围内进行详细的钻探，以了解遗址地下遗迹的分布情况；