世博格言必修【36】Better to complete a small task well, than do much imperfectly.

Samy讲解

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

【世博精解】

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，就一定值得把它做好。

本栏目由世博英语Hazel撰写，未经本站授权，请勿转载。