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17種表達我很忙才更地道

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我們在生活種經常聽到有人說: "我最近很忙,來/去不了了。” 有時候這是表述事實,但有時候就是藉口了。而說到英語裏的忙,很多人只會“busy“這一種表達。但是忙也分不同性質,也對應不同的說法。下面是小編爲您收集整理的17種表達我很忙才更地道,供大家參考!

17種表達我很忙才更地道

 17種表達我很忙才更地道

Busy作爲形容詞的同義表達

01Occupied 已佔用的,無空閒的

指的是這段某段時間被某事佔用了,即沒有空閒的。

Tom was occupied with meetings all day, so he could not come to lunch with us.

湯姆整天忙於開會,所以他不能和我們一起吃午飯。

02Engaged 繁忙的,有約的

To be engaged是指忙於某事;常用於短語“to be otherwise engaged”

I wanted to invite Daniel, but his assistant said he would be otherwise engaged.

我想邀請丹尼爾,但他的助手說他已經有約。

03Involved 參與涉及的,有牽扯的

無論是作爲領頭人或只是做些後勤工作,當你參與到某件工作中時,都可以用這個單詞

There are 20 people involved in this project, so the scheduling will be difficult.

這個項目涉及到20個人,所以日程安排很困難。

At noon tomorrow, Ms. Carter will be involved in lunch with the Director of National Intelligence and Minister of Defense, so she is not available.

明天中午,卡特女士將與國家情報局長和國防部長共進午餐,因此她沒空。

04Employed 被錄用

這個單詞並不是指某一個時間點的忙碌,而是指長期被某些事務佔用時間。

Steven was finally employed and seemed to never have time to do the chores around the house again.

史蒂文終於被錄用了,他似乎再也沒有時間做家務了。

Since Margaret became employed, she has not been to any of our book club meetings.

自從瑪格麗特受僱以來,她就沒有參加過我們的讀書俱樂部會議。

05Working on 致力於

這個單詞意味着你正爲某件事做出貢獻,特別是作爲一個長期的有意義的項目。

I am sorry I have not been able to have dinner with you as often as before, but I want to show you this new invention I have been working on!

很抱歉我不能像以前那樣經常和你共進晚餐,但我想向你展示我一直在致力於的這項新發明!

06Toiling away 辛苦工作,兢兢業業

這個詞給人的感覺是,你正在用盡全力做某事。

但無論是由於自身壓力還是他人強加的壓力,這件事給你帶來了很多困難。

Jackie has been absolutely toiling away at work every night, but her boss still treats her so poorly!

傑基每天晚上都不辭勞苦,兢兢業業地工作,但她的老闆仍然對她很不好!

07Preoccupied with 全神貫注的

這個單詞一般強調的是精神力而非體力。當使用這個詞時,一般指大腦裏想的都是某件事。

Paul has been so preoccupied lately – I wonder if everything is okay with his family.

保羅最近忙得不可開交——我想知道他的家人是否一切都好。

Lisa spend the whole day preoccupied with arranging the private tour for the VIP clients, so she did not get a chance to contact her superiors about the other issue.

麗薩花了一整天的時間爲貴賓客戶安排私人旅行,所以她沒有機會就另一個問題與上級聯繫。

08Tireless 不知疲倦的

不知疲倦意味着你有很多工作要做,但你不會感到疲倦。完成了大量工作後還能輕鬆地恢復元氣。

Marie works so tirelessly for her patients, so they nominated her for Doctor of the Year.

瑪麗不辭勞苦地爲她的病人工作,所以他們提名她爲年度最佳醫生。

09Busy as a bee 忙的不可開交

我們都知道,蜜蜂(尤其是工蜂)都是非常忙碌的。

而“像蜜蜂一樣忙碌”,意味着需要不斷地奔波,同時處理許多任務。

Laura was always busy as a bee at work, but none of her coworkers ever knew what it was she was actually doing.

勞拉工作時總是忙得不可開交,但她的同事都不知道她到底在幹什麼。

10On the go 非常活躍,忙個不停

在去別的地方的路上做點什麼;在交通工具上(在汽車、出租車、飛機上;在自行車或地鐵上等)忙於某事。

The protein bars are great for moms on the go, because they do not need any preparation and still provide a number of necessary nutrients.

蛋白質棒對外出忙碌的媽媽來說是很好的,因爲它們不需要任何準備,還仍然提供許多必需的營養。

  你想優雅地用英語做個“吃貨”嗎

熱愛美食嗎?那你怎麼可以不學“美食英語”!用餐是每天必不可少的活動,與家人吃飯可以很隨意;和老外一起吃飯呢?在異國他鄉用餐呢?

我們擔心 menu (菜單)看不懂,不知在餐廳場景裏說點什麼?更擔心因不瞭解 table manner (餐桌禮儀)而鬧出洋相。也許你的腦子裏只有諸如 “delicious, tasty, yummy” 幾個詞,也許你只會埋頭悶吃而不敢言。

01

外出用餐 Eating out

首先

當你厭倦了每日的工作餐和家常菜

想和朋友eating out換換口味時

你會怎麼說呢?

TouchStone的Speaking Strategy

爲你準備了以下五大高頻建議句型

Shall we go out for dinner?

What about having Thai food?

We could try that for a change.

I've got an idea.

Let's try that then.

02

討論餐點 Talking about a meal

接下來

當你還沉醉在昨晚的法式大餐時

你會興致勃勃地和同事描述些什麼呢?

TouchStone巧妙地以聽力和口語的交叉練習模式

教會你How to talk about a meal

其實,在談及所享大餐時

老外經常遵照如下的邏輯線

1

去餐廳的時間

When did you last go to a restaurant?

2

餐廳類型

What type of restaurant was it?

3

菜品

Did you have a starter/ main course/ dessert? What was it?

開胃菜,主菜,甜品分別點了什麼?

在這個層次上,你可以沿用這個句型:

For a starter I had… For a main course I had… For dessert I had…

4

菜的食材

What’s it made with?

5

你對菜的評價

Did you enjoy it?

你可以說:

Last night I went to an Italian restaurant. For a main course, I had spaghetti Bolognese. It was very good. It’s made with beef and tomatoes.

昨晚我去了意大利餐廳。主菜我選了意大利肉醬面。非常好吃。看起來這道美味是用牛肉和番茄做的。

Last week I went to a French restaurant. For dessert, I had crème brulee. It was really sweet. It’s made with vanilla and cream.

上週我去了家法國料理餐廳。我選了法式焦糖燉蛋作甜品。裏面有香草和奶油,真的非常甜哦!

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