标题: Better to complete a small task well, than do much imperfectly [打印本页] 作者: x-ace 时间: 2009-11-21 14:55 标题: Better to complete a small task well, than do much imperfectly
Better to complete a small task well, than do much imperfectly. ---- Plato
一件小事作得完美胜过多少事做得虎头蛇尾。----柏拉图
task means a piece of (esp. hard or unpleasant ) work that has to be done.必须做的工作(尤指困难的或讨厌的)任务。例如:Perform the gruesome task of identifying the dead bodies.执行辨认尸体这可怕的任务。Becoming fluent in a foreign language is no easy task, i.e. is difficult.熟练地掌握一门外语是一项艰苦的工作。
task常用的搭配如下:
task somebody with something means give something to somebody as a task,将某事作为任务交与某人。
task force means a group of people and resource specially organized for a particular ( esp. military ) task,特派组,特遣部队。
taskmaster means a person who is strict in making others work hard.监工
一件事情,无论大小,只要值得做,就一定得把它做好。