verb · to give instructions, brief someone, or explain a task to be done

老师交代我们要按时完成作业。

verb · to give an account of one's actions, explain oneself, or confess to a crime

他最终在证据面前向警方交代了自己的全部罪行。

verb · jocularly, to come to a bad end, to die, or to be completely ruined

要是这次任务失败，我这条命就交代了。

verb · to hand over or transfer duties and responsibilities to a successor

他把工作交代清楚后就离职了。