Definition

1. Noun:
   • Duty; Responsibility: A specific task or function one is required or expected to perform as part of one's job, role, or moral obligation.
   • Mission; Assignment: A specific and often important objective or task given to a person or group to accomplish.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nhiệm vụ chính của tôi là quản lý dự án. (My main duty is to manage the project.)
  • Đội đặc nhiệm đã hoàn thành nhiệm vụ bí mật. (The special forces team completed the secret mission.)
  • Mọi công dân đều có nhiệm vụ bảo vệ môi trường. (Every citizen has the duty to protect the environment.)

Advanced Usage

• "giao nhiệm vụ": to assign a task/mission.
  • Giám đốc giao nhiệm vụ mới cho phòng kinh doanh. (The director assigned a new mission to the sales department.)
• "hoàn thành nhiệm vụ": to complete/accomplish a task/mission.
  • Chúng tôi cam kết sẽ hoàn thành nhiệm vụ đúng hạn. (We are committed to completing the task on time.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trách nhiệm (n): Responsibility, accountability (often implies a stronger sense of answerability for the outcome).
  • Anh ấy có trách nhiệm với gia đình. (He has a responsibility to his family.)
• Công việc (n): Work, job (a more general term for tasks or employment).
  • Công việc hôm nay rất nhiều. (There is a lot of work today.)

Synonyms

• Duty: A moral or legal obligation.
• Mission: An important assignment, typically involving travel or a specific goal.
• Task: A piece of work to be done.
• Assignment: A task or piece of work allocated to someone.

Related Idioms

• "Nhiệm vụ bất khả thi": Mission impossible.
  • Đối với họ, đó gần như là một nhiệm vụ bất khả thi. (For them, it was almost a mission impossible.)
• "Làm tròn nhiệm vụ": To fulfill one's duty completely.
  • Người lính luôn cố gắng làm tròn nhiệm vụ. (The soldier always strives to fulfill his duty.)

noun

1. duty; mission