errand

名词 errand:

1. a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

1. I'll go there to do an errand.
   我将去那里办件事。
2. You must do the two errands this week.
   你必须在一周内完成这两项任务。

er.rand

n.（名词）

A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another.
跑腿：为完成某一项特殊任务，通常是为他人而走的一段路
The purpose or object of such a trip:
差事：这种短途旅行的目的或意图：
例句：
Your errand was to mail the letter.
你的差事是去寄这封信

Archaic
【古语】
A mission; an embassy.
使命；重任
An oral message that has been entrusted to one.
口信：委托某人捎带的口信

来源：
Middle English erand
中古英语 erand
from Old English ôrend
源自 古英语 ôrend