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各种"忙"的口语表达

2012-08-08来源:和谐英语

现代生活节奏加快,人们除了自己的工作,可能还要出游、社交……加上科技越来越发达,微博人人的流行,信息量越来越大,各种资讯也日新月异,你觉得自己“忙”吗?让我们来学习一下各种“忙碌”的说法吧。

忙

① I don't even have time to catch my breath.
我连喘口气的工夫都没有。

catch my breath 是喘息,歇口气

② Don't have too many irons in the fire.
不要揽事太多。

have (many , too many, several, other) irons in/on the fire意思是“同时有(许多,太多,好几件,其他)事情要做。

③ I'm in the middle of something. Could you call back later?
我现在很忙,你能过会给我打电话吗?

in the middle of doing sth. 正忙于做某事

④ He is working so hard that he is as busy as a beaver.
他没日没夜地工作,看起来很忙。

Beaver除了海狸的意思外,还引申为卖力工作的人,兢兢业业的人。

⑤ It's hard to slow down when you are trying to do a million things.
当你想要干成百上千件事情的时候是很难慢下来的。

a million 往往代表“很多,超多……”。

最后复习一下:

time to catch the breath 喘口气的功夫

have many irons on the fire 有很多事情要做

in the middle of doing sth. 正忙着做某事

as busy as beaver 忙得团团转

a million things 成千上百的事情