这些名词均有“工作”之意。
work : 最普通用词，含义广，指人们日常生活和工作中所从事的有目的的体力或脑力劳动。
- Carrying heavy loads around all day is hard work.
整天来回运送重物是个苦活儿。 - Aileen does most of the work around the house.
艾琳做大部分的家务活儿。 - What sort of work are you experienced in?
你对哪一种工作有经验？ - She tends to wear quite dressy clothes for work.
她总是穿得漂漂亮亮的去上班。
task : 通常指分派给的任务，也指自愿的工作，但往往是艰巨或令人厌烦的工作。
- We usually ask interviewees to perform a few simple tasks on the computer just to test their aptitude.
我们通常让接受面试者在电脑上进行一些简单操作，只想测测他们的能力。 - The government now faces the daunting task of restructuring the entire health service.
政府现在面临着重新改组整个医疗卫生体系的艰巨任务。
job : 多用于口语，侧重指受雇用的，以谋生为目的工作，不论有无技术，也不管是零工或散工。
- a temporary/permanent job
临时的／固定的工作 - When she left college, she got a job as an editor in a publishing company.
大学毕业后她在一家出版公司当编辑。 - It's very difficult trying to bring up two children while doing a full-time job.
一边抚育两个孩子一边做全职工作很困难。 - Hundreds of workers could lose their jobs.
成百上千的工人可能会失业。
