task

仕事、課題

誰かが行う必要のある、具体的な仕事。

やさしい英語で： A particular job or piece of work that someone needs to do.

• My first task is to wash the dishes.
• We finished all our tasks before lunch.
• Who will handle this task?

使い方： task of doing something (She has the task of checking the tickets.)

類義語： job, assignment

よく使う表現： complete a task, daily task, task for someone, assign a task

難題、大仕事

多くの時間や労力が必要な、大きな仕事や難しい課題。

やさしい英語で： A large or difficult job that takes considerable time or effort.

• Cleaning this whole house is quite a task.
• They faced the enormous task of moving the library.
• Persuading her proved a harder task than we expected.

使い方： task of doing something (They faced the task of rebuilding the village.)

類義語： challenge, undertaking

よく使う表現： a huge task, a daunting task, quite a task

叱責

「take someone to task」で、過ちを厳しく責めること。

やさしい英語で： In “take someone to task,” it means to criticize someone strongly for doing something wrong.

• The boss took me to task for being late.
• Several newspapers have taken the mayor to task.
• She takes careless workers to task.

使い方： take someone to task for something (The teacher took him to task for his rude comments.)

よく使う表現： take to task, take someone to task

任務を与える、担当させる

誰かに特定の仕事を任せる。

やさしい英語で： To give someone a particular job to do.

• They tasked me with checking the figures.
• The team was tasked with finding a solution.
• Who will task the new staff with training volunteers?

使い方： task someone with doing something (We tasked the students with designing a poster.)

類義語： assign, charge

よく使う表現： task someone with something, task a team, task a committee