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為什么一天24小時總覺得不夠用，因為忙，很忙，特別忙……busy,very busy,so busy...。除了大家都會的“busy”這個詞，還可以用哪些地道的表達(dá)呢？

1.I’m tied up.

Be tied up這個短語可以解釋為：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，我要她待會兒再給你打電話。

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點不能和你見面。我整個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，但這會兒手頭工作實在是太多了。

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

通常我可以把項目交給戴夫來做，但這個月他很忙，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，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個小時了，感覺身體被掏空了。