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NO.212 | “我很忙”应该怎么说?

发布者:北雅国际英语 发布时间:2023-12-12 10:32

说起“我很忙”,很多人的第一想法都是"I am busy",但其实在英文中有很多类似的表达可以替换它。

我有事=I have things?

1) 第一种方式就是加动词

I have thing s to do. 

也可以加不同的量词:

I have some things to do. 

I have a few things to do. 

I have a lot of things to do. 

I have a bunch of things to do.


Stuff or Staff

除了things,也可以用stuff 

这个单词的意思也是东西、事情。 

使用时逻辑与thing s一样,要加动词。 

另外,也要注意stuff是不可数名词, 不能说stuff s。 

I have some stuff to do. 

I have a lot of stuff to do. 

I have a bunch of stuff to do. 


I have + 具体的事情

除了笼统说“我有事”,也可以说明你 到底有什么事情: 

I have some work to do.

我有些工作要做。 

I have some errands to run.

我要办点杂事(errrands涵盖范围很广,但基本指日常生活的杂事,比如买菜、 修东西等)。 

Private stuff to do 私人事务 

many、some、a lot of等量词在口语中能软化语气,让句子听起来更客气。


我很忙

I'm a bit busy right now.

我现在有点儿忙。 

I'm a bit tied up right now.

同上 = I have a lot of things going on.

我有很多事情。

I have a lot on m y plate.

(have a lot on one's plate也是一个表达忙的 高频说法)。

I don't have a lot of time right now.

我现在没那么多时间。 

平时这些句子里还常出现 kind of (口 语常缩略为kinda):

I'm kinda busy thi s wee kend. 

I'm kinda tied up right now.


不方便

It 's not ve r y convenient right now.

现在不是很方便。

It's not the mo st con venient..

意思同上,但语气更客气。 

The timing i sn 't g reat.

时间不是很搭。 

The timing i sn 't all that g reat (Isn't all that...表达方式非常婉转、 非常客气。)

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