3分鐘學(xué)英語 [216]:Up to my ears不是"到我耳朵上"的意思哦
Claire: We really need this.
Mitch: Claire, I'm really swamped today, and I…
Claire: Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.
知識(shí)點(diǎn)講解：
1、Swamped
忙得不可開交
通常是因?yàn)榻拥胶芏喙ぷ?、問題而忙。
例句一：
I'm sorry, but I can't go out tonight. I'm swamped with work.
不好意思，我今晚不能出去了。我有很多工作要做。
例句二：
I really need to save money. Lately I've been swamped with bills.
我真的需要攢點(diǎn)錢，最近我有好多賬單啊。
2、Overwhelm
不堪重負(fù)
它有一個(gè)意思是：因?yàn)楣ぷ魈?、太難而導(dǎo)致有一種精神壓力，不堪重負(fù)的感覺。
例句一：
All this studying for finals week is overwhelming me. I don't know how well I'm gonna do on these exams.
考試周的學(xué)習(xí)都要累死我了。我不知道這些考試我能考得怎么樣。
例句二：
Right now we're a bit overwhelmed at the office since we don't have enough people.
現(xiàn)在辦公室里人手不夠，我們真是很累啊。
3、Up to one's ears
深陷于…
例句：
I'm up to my ears in forms I have to fill out. Getting a license is a lot harder than I thought.
我有一堆表格要填。辦個(gè)證件比我想象得要難多了。
4、Have enough on one's plate
有很多事要做
這個(gè)表達(dá)經(jīng)常用來“拒絕別人”。
例句一：
I'd like to help you, but I have enough on my plate. I got a deadline coming up.
我很想幫你，但是我有很多事要做。我的截止日期快到了。
例句二：
Maggie has enough on her plate. I doubt she'll be able to come to the party.
Maggie有很多事要做。我懷疑她不能來參加聚會(huì)了。
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