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| /ˈbɪzi/ |
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| 1 | having a lot of things to do 忙的；忙碌的 |
| Parents of young children are always busy. 有幼儿的父母总是很忙碌。 |
| He is an extremely busy man. 他是个特别忙的人。 |
| +with Irina and Marcus were busy with preparations for their wedding. 伊琳娜和马库斯在忙着准备他们的婚礼。 |
| | 1a | doing something , especially with a lot of attention or effort 忙着做某事 | | We’ re all busy preparing for Christmas. 我们都在忙着准备过圣诞节。 | | I was so busy worrying about Julie that I didn’ t even think about Jake. 我忙着担心朱莉，甚至没有考虑杰克。 | |
| | 1b | a busy time is when you have a lot of things to do （时间）繁忙的 | | It’ s been a very busy day. 这是非常忙碌的一天。 | | Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to us. 谢谢你从繁忙的日程安排中抽出时间来和我们谈话。 | |
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| 2 | full of people 满是人的 |
| a busy waiting room 挤满了人的等候室 |
| | 2a | having a lot of traffic passing through 车辆多的；（交通）繁忙的 | | a busy main road 繁忙的主干道 | | Do not park your car near busy junctions. 别把车停在来往车辆多的交叉路口附近。 | | the busiest port in Europe 欧洲最繁忙的港口 | |
| | 2b | having a lot of customers 顾客多的 | | Shops are always busier at weekends. 商店在周末总是会有更多的顾客。 | |
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| 3 | if someone’ s telephone is busy , it is being used when you try to call （电话）占线的 |
| All lines are busy – please call back later. 所有的线路都占线，请稍后再打电话来。 |
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| 4 | a busy design contains too much annoying detail （图案）过于琐碎的，繁杂的 |
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| - | get busy
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| 1 | to start doing something 开始做 | There’ s a lot to do, so let’ s get busy. 有很多事情要做，所以我们开始吧。 | |
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| 2 | AMERICAN very informal to have sex 发生性关系 |
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| - | keep sb busy
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| to have or give someone a lot of things to do or think about , often as a way of filling up time |
| 使某人忙碌 |
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| We’ ve got enough work here to keep us busy for weeks. 我们这里有很多活儿，够我们忙上好几个星期。 |
| You keep them busy while I call the police. 你稳住他们，我去报警。 |
| I try to keep myself busy as much as possible. 我尽量让自己保持忙碌。 |
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| - | too busy doing sth
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| used for saying that someone is paying too much attention to something , with the result that they do not have time for someone or something else |
| 过于忙着做某事 |
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| I tried to tell you, but you were always too busy talking to listen. 我想告诉你，但是你总是忙着说而没空听我讲。 |
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| Metaphor | | | | | | Being very busy at work is like being covered with things or surrounded by something such as water or the ground, so that you cannot move easily. | | 工作非常忙碌就像被东西盖着（covered with things）或被诸如水或地面等东西包围住（surrounded by），无法轻易移动。 | | They keep piling more work on me.他们不断地把更多的工作堆到我身上。
I’ m up to my eyes/ears/eyeballs/neck in work.我工作非常忙。
I’ m drowning in paperwork.我正忙着埋头做文书工作。
I have got a lot of work to wade through.我有很多工作需要处理。
I’ m snowed under with work.我工作忙得不可开交。
I don’ t have time to turn around.我忙得连转身的时间都没有。
We’ re absolutely swamped at the moment.我们现在事情多得难以招架。
We’ ve been inundated with phone calls.我们的电话多得像潮水一般。
They buried/immersed themselves in their work.他们埋头工作。
| | See also ->responsibility | | | |
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