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Run errands 是什么意思?出门办杂事为什么用 run

Run errands 指去银行、药店等处办日常杂事。这里不需要真的跑步,但搭配用 run,而不是 make errands。

Run errands 指出门处理几件小事,比如去银行、药店、邮局,或取包裹。一件这样的事叫 an errand,可以是为自己办事,也可以是帮忙:run an errand for a neighbour。

想记住 run errands 的用法吗?

练习在对话中灵活使用英语词汇

开始学习

run errands; run an errand for + person; ran (past)

  • I spent Saturday morning running errands around the neighbourhood.
  • Can you run a few errands for me while I finish this report?
  • She runs errands for her elderly neighbour every Tuesday afternoon.

修改原因

修改前I need to make some errands before the shops close.

修改后I need to run some errands before the shops close.

看到“办事”,容易直接选一个表示“做”的动词。但英语搭配不能逐字对应,errands 通常与 run 连用,而不是 make。这里并不涉及实际跑步:run errands。

Cambridge Dictionary

不要混淆 errands 和 affairs。I have some errands to run in town 说的是日常小事。Affairs 指更正式或重大的事务:sort out your affairs 是把事务安排妥当,current affairs 是时事。Have an affair 又是另一回事,指秘密的恋爱关系。

动手练习

I have to ___ this afternoon: the bank, the pharmacy and the post office.

(run errands / make errands)

查看答案

run errands — 去银行、药店、邮局都是典型的 errands,搭配用 run。Make errands 不是这里的正确表达。

列出今天需要出门办的几件事,至少提到两个地点。

After work today I need to run a few errands: collect a parcel from the post office and buy medicine at the pharmacy.

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