生活每天都很忙碌,
毕竟大多数人要为生存而工作,
生活中不是只有打拼,还要有享受,
不要只忙于事业,
忙于挣钱,忙得不顾命。
累了就歇歇,做好自我调节,
找到工作生活、事业家庭的平衡点。
但是,
我们更多的人每天都在忙忙碌碌地生活着!
那么你知道“忙碌”用英语该怎么说吗?
一起来学习一下吧!
●01. a million things
“一百万件事情”,
也就是有很多很多事情的意思。
It's hard to slow down ,
when you are trying to do a million things.
当你想要做成百上千,
件事情的时候是很难慢下来的。
●02. be as busy as a bee
忙忙碌碌,忙死忙活的
He was as busy as a bee,
trying to put the house in order.
他为了要把家里弄得整整齐齐,
忙了好一阵子。
●03. be busy as a beaver /'bi: və/
忙得团团转
He is working so hard that ,
he is busy as a beaver.
他没日没夜地工作,
看起来很忙。
●04. be piled up /paɪl/
pile up 是堆起来, 积累,
所以如果你想说工作都堆积如山了,
你可以用上这句。
My work is piled up on my desk.
It really makes me crazy!
我的工作在我桌上堆满了,
真让我抓狂啊!
●05. be tied up
被占用,很忙。
tie 是动词系、绑的意思,
被某件事情绑住了,
就走不开了咯!
I'll be tied up the rest of the week,
I am afraid.
这个星期我恐怕都抽不出时间。
●06. be up to one’s neck
忙得不可开交
I can’t possibly come out tonight,
I'm up to my neck in work.
今晚我不可能出来了,
我的工作忙得不可开交。
●07. have irons in/on the fire /'aɪən/
同时有(很多)事情要做
Don't have too many irons in/on the fire.
不要揽太多事。
●08. have/get one’s hands full
很忙,应接不暇
Three emergency cases came 。
into the hospital ,
at the same time and the doctors 。
really had their hands full.
三个急诊病人被同时送到医院
,医生们真是应接不暇。
emergency /ɪ'mɜ: dʒ(ə)nsɪ/ n.
紧急情况;突发事件;adj. 紧急的。
●09. in the middle of (doing) sth
正忙于某事
I'm in the middle of something.
Could you call (me) back later?
我现在很忙,
你能过会儿给我打电话吗?
●10. not have time to catch one's breath /breθ/
忙得连喘口气的功夫都没有
,也就是很忙的意思。
What a day! I don't even ,‘
have time to catch my breath.
真糟糕的一天!
我甚至连喘气的功夫都没有。
●11. pressed for time /prest/
没时间,很忙
If you’re pressed for time,
don't forget to relax,
and take a couple minutes to breathe.
如果你很忙,
也别忘了放松,
花几分钟来呼吸一下新鲜空气。
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