alive
活著;在世
We don't know whether he's alive or dead.
我們不知道他是死是活。
Is your mother still alive ?
你的母親還健在嗎?
require
需要;依靠;依賴
These pets require a lot of care and attention.
這些寵物需要悉心照顧。
This condition requires urgent treatment.
這種情況得緊急處理。
surely
(對自己的話很有把握,希望他人同意)想必
Surely we should do something about it?
我們總得想個辦法吧?
It's surely only a matter of time before he is found, isn't it?
找到他只是個時間問題,對不對?
task
(尤指艱巨或令人厭煩的)任務,工作
to perform / carry out / complete / undertake a task
執行/完成/承擔任務
a daunting / an impossible / a formidable / an unenviable, etc. task
令人望而生畏、不可能完成、艱巨、令人為難等的任務
a thankless task (= an unpleasant one that nobody wants to do and nobody thanks you for doing)
吃力不討好的工作
Our first task is to set up a communications system.
我們的首項任務是架設通信系統。