--Would ,you like to come to my house for dinner this Saturday?
--Oh, I'd love to, but I've been a little overwhelmed lately. I really need some time to get it together. Maybe we can do it next week, say, at my place.
这周六我们家吃晚饭怎么样?
噢,我很想去,但是我最近我有点太忙了吃不消。我真的需要时间来理顺一下。也许我们下周可以聚一下,比如说,可以来我家。
用法讲解:
1、I‘d love to (do sth.)
我想(做某事);我很乐意(做某事)
2、be overwhelmed with sth.
被某事压垮;无法承受某事 (~~~~~因为同时做多个事情multitasking)
I'm starting to feel overwhelmed. I've got school, band practice, work, not to mention spending time with my boy friend. I just can handle it all.
I am overwhelmed with e-mails.
feel/ get/ be overwhelmed
It's easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of work here if you don't have an organized system for handling it all.
3、get it together
做好该做的事情;理顺;相当于“get organized“
I need to get it together.
文化讲堂
同时做多件事情
multitasking (n.) /(v.)
multitasker (n.) 同时做多件事情的人
I'm not good at multitasking.