Up to my ears不是“到我耳朵上”的意思哦！

微信 yiquenglish微博 @意趣英语 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 [s'wɒmpt]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、Overwhelm [ˌoʊvərˈwelm]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。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 license 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。微信 yiquenglish 微博 @意趣英语