running errands• I used to hang around there on weekends, cadginghandouts and running errands and hustlingcabs for the swells.• I started out as a gofer, running errands for him and doing odd little jobs.• They worry that agents sound a bit too much like computer viruses, which instead of running errands may run amok.• The other servants were at market or running errands.• He soon got to know the young kids who eked a living by carrying luggage, polishingshoes or running errands.• She never wasted time running errands.• Our morning had been devoted to running errands and visiting the obligatory temples.• They set him to running errands, storing and fetchingaccount books, making sure the inkwells were filled.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ERRAND | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤little, small小差事➤simple簡單差事➤daily (especially NAmE) 日常差事➤last-minute緊急任務VERB + ERRAND➤do, go on, run奔走做雜事;跑腿◇She made her brother run some little errands for her.他讓弟弟幫他跑腿辦些小事。➤complete, finish (both especially NAmE) 完成差事▸➤send sb on派某人跑腿◇My boss kept sending me out on errands.老闆總是派我出去跑腿。PREPOSITION➤on an errand奔走做雜事◇She's gone on an errand for her mother.她替母親辦點兒事去了。