busy

1. ADJ When you are busy, you are working hard or concentrating on a task, so that you are not free to do anything else. 忙碌的

What is it? I'm busy. 你說什么？我正忙著呢。

They are busy preparing for a hectic day's activity on Saturday. 他們正忙著為星期六這一天熱鬧的活動做準(zhǔn)備。

2. ADJ A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do. 繁忙的

It'll have to wait. This is our busiest time. 不得不等一等。這是我們最繁忙的時候。

Even with her busy schedule she finds time to watch TV. 即使有著繁忙的日程安排，她還是抽時間看看電視。

3. ADJ If you say that someone is busy thinking or worrying about something, you mean that it is taking all their attention, often to such an extent that they are unable to think about anything else. 全神貫注的[v-link ADJ]

Companies are so busy analysing the financial implications that they overlook the effect on workers. 公司太專注于分析其財務(wù)影響，而忽略了對工人的影響。

4. V-T If you busy yourself with something, you occupy yourself by dealing with it. 使忙于

He busied himself with the camera. 他忙于擺弄這部相機(jī)。

She busied herself getting towels ready. 她忙著準(zhǔn)備好毛巾。

5. ADJ A busy place is full of people who are doing things or moving around. 熱鬧的

...a busy commercial street. …熱鬧的商業(yè)街。

6. ADJ When a telephone line is busy, you cannot make your call because the line is already being used by someone else. 占線的[美國英語]

7. →see also busily