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单词 supertask
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supertask
supertask n.
Brit. /ˈsuːpətɑːsk/
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/ˈsuːpətask/
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/ˈsjuːpətɑːsk/
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/ˈsjuːpətask/
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U.S. /ˈsupərˌtæsk/
(a) a very difficult or ambitious task; (also) a task consisting of a number of smaller or subordinate ones; (b) Philosophy a task (paradoxically) consisting of an infinite number of steps to be carried out within a finite period of time.
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1912 Mining & Sci. Press 4 May 617/2 To successfully develop a new form of government under such a financial load is surely a super-task, calling for super-men.
1954 J. F. Thomson in Analysis 15 2 Let us say, for brevity, that a man who has completed all of an infinite number of tasks (of some given kind) has completed a super-task (of some associated kind).
2002 J. Tilly & E. M. Burke Ant 251 Some seemingly duplicate tasks will be consolidated into one supertask.
2010 N. Huggett Everywhere & Everywhen ii. 21 The staccato run does not provide support for the Zenoan opponent of supertasks, since it is a supertask that can be completed.
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