1ADJ-GRADED [oft ADJ v-ing]忙的;忙碌的 When you are busy, you are working hard or concentrating on a task, so that you are not free to do anything else. 忙的;忙碌的
What is it? I'm busy.
什么事?我忙着呢。
They are busy preparing for a hectic day's activity on Saturday.
他们正忙着准备周六一整天都安排满了的活动。
Rachel said she would be too busy to come.
雷切尔说她太忙,不会来了。
Phil Martin is an exceptionally busy man.
菲尔·马丁整天忙得不可开交。
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]繁忙的;忙碌的 A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do. 繁忙的;忙碌的
It'll have to wait. This is our busiest time .
这事得往后放。这是我们最忙碌的时候。
Even with her busy schedule she finds time to watch TV.
3ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ, oft ADJ -ing]全神贯注的;心无旁骛的;埋头于…的 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. 全神贯注的;心无旁骛的;埋头于…的
Companies are so busy analysing the financial implications that they overlook the effect on workers .
公司忙于分析此事对财务可能产生的影响,而忽视了其对工人的影响。
Most people are too busy with their own troubles to give much help. [+ with]
大多数人都忙于自己的烦心事,而无暇提供太多的帮助。
4VERB 使(自己)忙于 If you busy yourself with something, you occupy yourself by dealing with it. 使(自己)忙于
He busied himself with the camera. [VERB pronoun-reflexive + with]
他忙着摆弄那个相机。
She busied herself getting towels ready. [V pron-refl v-ing]
她忙着把毛巾准备好。
For a while Kathryn busied herself in the kitchen. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
凯瑟琳在厨房忙活了一会儿。
5ADJ-GRADED 热闹的;忙碌的;熙熙攘攘的 A busy place is full of people who are doing things or moving about. 热闹的;忙碌的;熙熙攘攘的
The Strand is one of London's busiest and most affluent streets.
斯特兰德街是伦敦最繁华、最富足的街道之一。
The ward was busy and Amy hardly had time to talk.
6ADJ [usually verb-link ADJ]占线的 When a telephone line is busy, you cannot make your call because the line is already being used by someone else. 占线的 [mainly US]