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单词 multitask
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Definition of multitask in English:

multitask

verb ˈmʌltɪtɑːsk
[no object]
  • 1(of a person) deal with more than one task at the same time.

    parenting skills such as multitasking and concentrating amid distractions are easily transferable to the workplace
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was always multitasking and thinking of better ways to do things.
    • When you're multitasking at full tilt, balance is one of the first things to suffer.
    • I've heard some women claim that men do not multitask well… I think I do pretty well where that is concerned, but to a point.
    • She claims that she can multitask mindless tasks while she gives full attention to our conversation.
    • They don't multitask as much as younger generations do, preferring to engage in one medium at a time, but they haven't abandoned the media habits they developed growing up even as they have embraced the new.
    • Mind you, I was multitasking - that's right, Luke can do more than one thing badly at the same time - so it wasn't as though I wasn't working at the same time.
    • I'm far more productive when I've got lots of things on my plate instead of when just the one; if I'm not multitasking, nothing gets done.
    • This is not the same as multitasking, which involves dealing with more than one job at the same time.
    • I can multitask and perform the gruelling art of time management to perfection.
    • If we are not compartmentalizing, we are multitasking.
    • With alternating awe and bemusement, Paul watches as his entrepreneur wife multitasks, plunging herself into the center of whatever she touches - creating, re-creating, changing, improving.
    • Sure, most guys can't multitask, but at least your shaving products can.
    • It says, ‘I am multitasking when I am talking on the phone, trying to finish some paperwork, and trying to answer with my hands someone who has asked me a question.’
    • Think about that the next time you're multitasking.
    • Dancers are multitasking - not just doing steps, but expressing a character, showing a choreographic pattern to make the ensemble work clear.
    • The thing is, they really don't have any less of my attention than they used to, before I started multitasking in meetings.
    • I am just saying that people are doing all this - they are multitasking when they're driving.
    • Initially, it struck me that multitasking whilst at a conference is really bad for your concentration.
    • We're always multitasking, especially us women.
    • When it looks like you're multitasking - you're looking at one TV screen and another TV screen and you're talking on the telephone - your attention has to shift from one to the other.
  • 2(of a computer) execute more than one program or task simultaneously.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For average users, this computer would redefine multitasking.
    • It's based on a multitasking kernel - there's multitasking in there - but we had to make some choice there.
    • They say other benefits include faster screen redraws for improved imaging, faster loading of applications, better multitasking, and faster execution of Java and other programming languages.
    • I think the point is that a preemptively multitasking, protected mode virtual memory operating system shouldn't be letting third party DLLs crash the system.
    • Again, clock speeds seem to matter more with current applications and multitasking.

Derivatives

  • multitasker

  • noun ˈmʌltɪtɑːskə
    • Seasoned multitaskers can surf the Web and crunch spreadsheets with the TV screen's size reduced, or with sound in the background.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A writer/actor/producer/editor/composer/cinematographer/director and multitasker extraordinaire, he makes films all by himself - and not simply because he wants to.
      • They are multitaskers, unlike we who grew up without the computer.
      • Thankfully, other kayakers are multitaskers too.
      • Ever a multitasker, Kelley poured hot water over her teabag, opening her purse with one hand.

Definition of multitask in US English:

multitask

verbˈməlˌtīˌtask
[no object]
  • 1(of a person) deal with more than one task at the same time.

    parenting skills such as multitasking and concentrating amid distractions are easily transferable to the workplace
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Initially, it struck me that multitasking whilst at a conference is really bad for your concentration.
    • With alternating awe and bemusement, Paul watches as his entrepreneur wife multitasks, plunging herself into the center of whatever she touches - creating, re-creating, changing, improving.
    • I am just saying that people are doing all this - they are multitasking when they're driving.
    • Mind you, I was multitasking - that's right, Luke can do more than one thing badly at the same time - so it wasn't as though I wasn't working at the same time.
    • When it looks like you're multitasking - you're looking at one TV screen and another TV screen and you're talking on the telephone - your attention has to shift from one to the other.
    • It says, ‘I am multitasking when I am talking on the phone, trying to finish some paperwork, and trying to answer with my hands someone who has asked me a question.’
    • They don't multitask as much as younger generations do, preferring to engage in one medium at a time, but they haven't abandoned the media habits they developed growing up even as they have embraced the new.
    • If we are not compartmentalizing, we are multitasking.
    • He was always multitasking and thinking of better ways to do things.
    • I'm far more productive when I've got lots of things on my plate instead of when just the one; if I'm not multitasking, nothing gets done.
    • We're always multitasking, especially us women.
    • She claims that she can multitask mindless tasks while she gives full attention to our conversation.
    • I can multitask and perform the gruelling art of time management to perfection.
    • This is not the same as multitasking, which involves dealing with more than one job at the same time.
    • Sure, most guys can't multitask, but at least your shaving products can.
    • Dancers are multitasking - not just doing steps, but expressing a character, showing a choreographic pattern to make the ensemble work clear.
    • The thing is, they really don't have any less of my attention than they used to, before I started multitasking in meetings.
    • When you're multitasking at full tilt, balance is one of the first things to suffer.
    • I've heard some women claim that men do not multitask well… I think I do pretty well where that is concerned, but to a point.
    • Think about that the next time you're multitasking.
  • 2(of a computer) execute more than one program or task simultaneously.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's based on a multitasking kernel - there's multitasking in there - but we had to make some choice there.
    • For average users, this computer would redefine multitasking.
    • I think the point is that a preemptively multitasking, protected mode virtual memory operating system shouldn't be letting third party DLLs crash the system.
    • They say other benefits include faster screen redraws for improved imaging, faster loading of applications, better multitasking, and faster execution of Java and other programming languages.
    • Again, clock speeds seem to matter more with current applications and multitasking.
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