“忙”除了“busy”，還可以怎么說

文/Sarah

為什么一天24小時(shí)總覺得不夠用，因?yàn)槊Γ苊Γ貏e忙……busy,very busy,so busy...。除了大家都會(huì)的“busy”這個(gè)詞，還可以用哪些地道的表達(dá)呢？

1.I’m tied up.

Be tied up這個(gè)短語可以解釋為：to be very busy and unable to speak to anyone,go anywhere.Tie本身有“系”“捆綁”的意思，非常形象，形容某人“忙得（脫不了身）”。該短語多用于商業(yè)場合。如：

1）Mrs Moran is tied up in a meeting at the moment，but I’ll ask her to call you later. 莫蘭夫人此刻正忙著開會(huì)，我要她待會(huì)兒再給你打電話。

2）I’m afraid I can’tmeet with you on Mondayat3：00.I’llbetied up allMonday afternoon.我恐怕星期一下午3點(diǎn)不能和你見面。我整個(gè)星期一下午都脫不開身。

2.Someone’s hands are full.

這句話可以解釋為：Someone is too busy or has too much going on to be able to do or become involved with anything else.形容手頭的工作很多，應(yīng)接不暇。如：

1）I really wish that I could babysit for you tonight,but I’m afraid my hands are full at the moment.今晚我本希望可以幫你照顧小孩，但這會(huì)兒手頭工作實(shí)在是太多了。

2）Normally I’d pass a project like this on to Dave,but his hands are quite full this month.

通常我可以把項(xiàng)目交給戴夫來做，但這個(gè)月他很忙，應(yīng)接不暇。

3.I’m up to my eyeballs in work.

這句話可以解釋為：extremely busy(with something);deeply or overly involved (in something);Eyeball的意思是“眼球”，形容工作堆積如山，已經(jīng)堆到眼前了，同樣用來形容某人非常忙碌的狀態(tài)。如：

There’s no way I can take a vacation right now.I’m up to my eyeballs in work at the moment.現(xiàn)在我不可能休假，工作堆積如山。

4.I’m overloaded.

Overload在這里作形容詞，意思是“超負(fù)荷的”“超載的”，形容某人忙碌時(shí)，已經(jīng)忙得筋疲力盡。如：

I’ve been working for 20 hours. I’m overloaded.

我已經(jīng)連續(xù)工作20個(gè)小時(shí)了，感覺身體被掏空了。