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run errands
run errands 是最常用的搭配，指外出替人办事或处理杂务。
I ran a few errands this morning.
今天早上我跑了几趟腿。
差事；跑腿
errands — plural of errand
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
差事；跑腿
a short trip made to complete a necessary task, such as delivering or collecting something
I ran a few errands this morning.
今天早上我跑了几趟腿。
为完成某项任务而进行的行程
A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
执行必要任务或使命的短途旅行
a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
此类行程的目的
The purpose of such a journey.
托人转达的口信
An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
I need to run a quick errand before dinner.
我需要在晚餐前快速跑一趟腿。
She asked me to pick up her dry cleaning while I was out on errands.
她让我在外出办事时顺便去取她的干洗衣物。
He went on a short errand to buy stamps for the office.
他出去办个短差，为办公室买邮票。
run errands 是最常用的搭配，指外出替人办事或处理杂务。
I ran a few errands this morning.
今天早上我跑了几趟腿。
send sb on an errand 表示派人外出办理某件事。
They sent me on an errand to buy stamps.
他们派我去买邮票。
go on an errand 表示外出执行任务；on an errand 也可表示处于办事途中。
She went on an errand for her boss.
她替老板出去办事了。
Not this
I need to do errand for my boss.
Use this
I need to do an errand for my boss.
errand 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词，所以不能说 do errand，要说 do an errand。
Not this
I have to make some errands today.
Use this
I have to run some errands today.
英语中 errand 的常用搭配是 run an errand 或 do an errand，不用 make；make some errands 不是自然的英语表达。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
跑腿办件事
Could you run an errand for me and pick up some milk?
你能帮我跑个腿去买点牛奶吗？
外出办事
She had to go on an errand before lunch.
她午饭前得出去办点事。
办一件差事
I need to do an errand at the bank.
我需要去银行办点事。
徒劳的差事；无谓的奔波
Asking him for help is a fool's errand.
求他帮忙是徒劳的。
雪中送炭的任务；救急的差事
The volunteers set off on an errand of mercy to deliver food to the flood victims.
志愿者们出发执行一项救援任务，给洪水灾民送去食物。
跑腿的小伙计；杂役
He started his career as an errand boy at the newspaper office.
他的职业生涯是从在报社当跑腿小伙计开始的。
徒劳无益的任务；做也白做的事
Trying to get a refund from that company proved to be a fool's errand.
试图从那家公司要回退款，结果证明是白费力气。
跑腿；办点小事
I'll be back in ten minutes—I just need to run a quick errand.
我十分钟就回来——只需要出去快办个事。
施援的使命；善行差事
She set off on an errand of mercy to bring food to the stranded travelers.
她出发去帮助被困的旅客，给他们送去食物。
Use errands naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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拆成 err + and：办差事可能出错(err)，但仍要去做(and)，记住“跑腿差使”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常生活中的短途出行、替人跑腿办事 通常用于日常口语和一般书面语，多指为办事而做的短途出行；在正式文体中较少使用，但不算俚语。
errand 读作 /ˈɛrənd/，重读元音为 /ɛr/。error、berry、ferry、very 的重读音节都含 /ɛr/，音近；thousand 的结尾 /ənd/ 与 errand 的 /ənd/ 相同。注意：err 虽拼写同为 err，但常见英式读音为 /ɜːr/，与 errand 中的 /ɛr/ 不同（美式也有 /ɛr/ 的读法），不要当作押韵词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.