中考刚结束,期末考试马上又要来了。想必各位少年现在已经忙晕头了吧。但是,当你想要用英语表达“忙疯了”的时候,却发现自己除了busy之外,根本想不到任何和“忙”有关的词汇了。为了避免这样的尴尬,今天我们一起来看看,如何用英文描述自己忙到爆炸的状态吧!
少年很忙——busy
繁忙的,常用句型:be busy with sth. / doing sth.
Kate's busy with her homework.
Kate正在忙于做家庭作业。
James is busy practicing for the school concert.
詹姆斯正忙着排练学校的音乐会。
少年全神贯注——occupy
使忙碌、全神贯注
~ sb / sth / yourself (in doing / with sth)
忙于做某事
She occupied herself with routine office tasks.
她忙于办公室的日常工作。
His soccer practice has occupied all of his time.
他整日忙于足球练习。
少年不知所措——overwhelm
Busy 和 occupy 多指的是事务性的忙碌,而 overwhelm 指的是因为事务忙碌引发的精神压力和不知所措。
He felt completely overwhelmed.
他完全不知所措。
She was overwhelmed by requests for information.
问讯使她应接不暇。
少年深陷其中——swamp
swamp 表示深陷在各项事务中,疲于应对。
I am really swamped today.
我今天忙疯了。
常见搭配:be swamped with / be swamped by
The department was swamped with job application.
面对纷至沓来的求职申请,这个部门疲于应对。
少年忙得火烧眉毛啦
中文有火烧眉毛的表达,其实,英文中也有相关的说法。
up to my ears
忙得不可开交(火烧眉毛)
I'm up to my ears in work right now.
现在我的工作都火烧眉毛了。
--Why don't you come with me ?
--I can't. I'm up to my ears in reports.
--怎么不跟我一起来?
--不行,我忙着写报告呢。
好啦,今天科普了和“忙”有关的多种表达供各位吐槽,希望大家在吐槽过后,带着轻松的心情上考场,我们下期再见。