每天三分钟学英语 第216期:Up to my ears不是"到我耳朵上"的意思哦

 　　情景对话：

　　Claire: We really need this.

　　Mitch: Claire, I'm really swamped today, and I…

　　Claire: Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

　　知识点讲解：

　　1、Swamped

　　忙得不可开交

　　通常是因为接到很多工作、问题而忙。

　　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.

　　我真的需要攒点钱，最近我有好多账单啊。

　　2、

　　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 license¹ is a lot harder than I thought.

　　我有一堆表格要填。办个证件比我想象得要难多了。

　　4、Have enough on one's plate

　　有很多事要做

　　这个表达经常用来“拒绝别人”。

　　例句一：

　　I'd like to help you, but I have enough on my plate. I got a deadline coming up.

　　我很想帮你，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。我怀疑她不能来参加聚会了。Overwhelm

　　不堪重负

　　它有一个意思是：因为工作太多、太难而导致有一种精神压力，不堪重负的感觉。

　　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.

　　考试周的学习都要累死我了。我不知道这些考试我能考得怎么样。

　　例句二：

　　Right now we're a bit overwhelmed at the office since we don't have enough people.

　　现在办公室里人手不够，我们真是很累啊。

1 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。