​只会用“busy”表示自己很忙？来试试这些英语表达

只会用“busy”表示自己很忙？来试试这些英语表达

说到忙碌，我想大部分人会用 I am busy 来表达，但是除了这种简单的说法，你还知道其他表达吗？

今天，小编整理了一些表达自己忙碌的英语单词和短语，不如来换一种高级点的表达吧！

Busy作为形容词的同义表达

1. Occupied

已占用的，无空闲的

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

汤姆整天忙于开会，所以他不能和我们一起吃午饭。

2. Engaged

繁忙的，已经有约的

To be engaged是指忙于某事；常用于短语“to be otherwise engaged”

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

我想邀请丹尼尔，但他的助手说他已经有约。

3. Involved

参与涉及的，有牵扯的

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

这个项目涉及到20个人，所以日程安排很困难。

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，卡特女士将与国家情报局长和国防部长共进午餐，因此她没空。

4. Employed

被录用

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

史蒂文终于被录用了，他似乎再也没有时间做家务了。

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

自从玛格丽特受雇以来，她就没有参加过我们的读书俱乐部会议。

5. Working on

致力于

例：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样经常和你共进晚餐，但我想向你展示我一直在致力于的这项新发明！

6. Toiling away

辛苦工作，兢兢业业

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

杰基每天晚上都不辞劳苦，兢兢业业地工作，但她的老板仍然对她很不好！

7. Preoccupied with

全神贯注的

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

保罗最近忙得不可开交——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.

丽萨花了一整天的时间为贵宾客户安排私人旅行，所以她没有机会就另一个问题与上级联系。

8. Tireless

不知疲倦的

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

玛丽不辞劳苦地为她的病人工作，所以他们提名她为年度最佳医生。

9. Busy as a bee

忙的不可开交

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

劳拉工作时总是忙得不可开交，但她的同事都不知道她到底在干什么。

10. On the go

非常活跃，忙个不停

例：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.

蛋白质棒对外出忙碌的妈妈来说是很好的，因为它们不需要任何准备，还仍然提供许多必需的营养。

11. Have one’s hands full

忙的应接不暇

这个短语经常用来指有多个孩子的父母，特别是他们年轻的时候。

例：Blake has his hands full with his demanding job and his three young children at home.

有一个要求很高的工作以及家里有三个孩子，布莱克忙得应接不暇。

12. Bustling

熙熙攘攘的

例：The noise and the fast pace of the bustling city square was almost overwhelming for the solo backpacker.

喧闹的城市广场的噪音和快速的步伐，几乎让独自一人的背包客喘不过气。

13. Hard at it

拼命工作

例：Max thought that his daughter would not like to play Sudoku puzzles, but as soon as she learned the rules she starting going hard at them!

麦克斯以为他女儿不想玩数独游戏，但一旦她学会了规则，她就开始努力钻研。

14. Hectic

忙乱不堪的

例：One of my coworkers suddenly quit her job, so the office has been very hectic the past few days, trying to figure out what people need to do to cover for her.

我的一个同事突然辞去了她的工作，所以在过去的几天里，办公室的人一直忙乱不堪，人们试图弄清楚要做些什么来顶替她。

Part of my insomnia comes from my hectic thoughts that come to my mind right as I get into bed.

我失眠的一部分是因为我在睡觉的时候脑子里就会产生复杂的想法。

15. Eventful

事多的，繁忙的

例：After my very eventful day, I just want to curl up on my bed and sleep forever.

在我度过了多事的一天之后，我只想蜷缩在床上，永远地睡觉。

16. Vibrant

充满活力的

例：His vibrant personality always brightens my day.

他生机勃勃的个性总是使我的一天更加愉快。

17. Lively

活泼的

例：Jane has a very outgoing and lively personality.

简性格外向活泼。

Busy作为动词的同义表达

1. Involve

卷入

例：Frank always like to involve himself in the problems that are happening all over the office.

弗兰克总是喜欢把自己卷入办公室里发生的问题中。

2. Concern

关心，在乎

例：It is annoying that Travis always tries to concern himself with the problems of the company, but only if it will affect him personally.

特拉维斯总是试图关心公司的问题，但这只会对他个人产生影响，这很令人恼火。

3. Interest

感兴趣

例：Now that Craig has interested himself in kayaking, his weekends have been full with kayaking trips.

既然克雷格对皮划艇感兴趣，他的周末可以都安排皮划艇旅行。

4. Entertain

使...娱乐

例：I can’t believe that the director is actually entertaining this fool’s ideas – they are completely unrealistic and wacky!

我真不敢相信导演真的在接受这个傻瓜的想法——他们完全是不切实际和古怪的！

5. Absorb

吸引

例：Vincent absorbed himself into his chemistry textbook last night, so he did not get any sleep at all.

文森特昨晚全神贯注于他的化学课本，所以他一点也没睡。

6. Engross

使...全神贯注

例：Patrick engrossed himself in the film and missed 15 phone calls from him mother.

帕特里克全神贯注地看电影，错过了他母亲给他的15个电话。

7. Beguile

诱导

例：Advertisements from the 1960s beguiled children into asking their parents for a variety of toys.

20世纪60年代的广告诱使孩子们向父母索要各种各样的玩具。

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