snowed under

英 [snəʊd ˈʌndə(r)]

美 [snoʊd ˈʌndər]

adj.  (因工作或其他事情多而)穷于应付的，忙得不可开交的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (因工作或事情多而)穷于应付的，忙得不可开交的
  If you say that you aresnowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with.
  1. Ed was snowed under with fan mail when he was doing his television show.
     埃德出演电视剧的时候收到了大量粉丝的来信。

双语例句

• All the fields are snowed under; the animals will have to feed indoors.
  田野全被大雪覆盖了，牲畜只能在室内喂食。
• Employers see the test as an effective way to filter out the weakest from the thousands of applications they receive. So many applications were received for the post that the secretary was snowed under.
  用人单位视该测试为一种行之有效的办法以从他们收到的几千封求职信中筛除最差的。接到这么多的求职信，秘书忙得不可开交。
• The city was struck by the elemental violence of the storm. The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard.
  该城市遭到了大自然强烈风暴的袭击。暴风雪袭击时，狗屋被雪覆盖了。
• The coming weeks could see you snowed under with work.
  下几周你的工作可能会出现问题。
• Don't give me any extra jobs; I'm snowed under already.
  不要再给我任何额外的工作；我已经忙得不可开交了。
• The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard.
  暴风雪袭击时，狗屋被雪覆盖了。
• I'm sorry, I can't meet you for lunch, I'm snowed under this week.
  实在抱歉，我不能和你会面共进午餐了，这周我忙得不可开交。
• At present we are snowed under with work.
  目前我们的工作多得应付不了。
• The cars were snowed under by drifts.
  车辆被积雪盖没了。
• They really are snowed under with new orders.
  新的定货单实在使他们应接不暇了。