2017.03.17
“swamped”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 184
Swamped ってどういう意味？
Swampedは「とても忙しい」「忙殺されている」という意味になります。
Swamped with ◯◯ と、業務を表す名詞とつなげることで、「◯◯が大量にあるため、とても忙しい」と表現することができます。
Swamped ってどういう場面で使うの？
以下のような会話でこの表現を使うと自然です：
A: Hey Taro, do you have time for lunch?
B: Sorry, I’m swamped with work.
他にも、たとえば500通ものメールをさばかなければならない時、あまりに忙しい状態を”I’m swamped with e-mails.” などと表現します。
Swamped の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ
こちらの動画で、発音や、会話の中での自然な使い方、それに swamped を使ったその他の例文を、Bizmatesのプレゼンター Justinが解説します。
字幕機能も利用可能ですので、英語学習に是非お役立てください！
Hello, everyone, Justin here and we are
back with this week's Bizmates for
beginners video lesson. And this week,
everyone we are going to learn
"swamped."
OK so what does it mean? Let's find out
but first let's see if all of you could
remember last week's expression.
OK, so imagine I ask you:
Hey, you know Hika?
Yeah, what do you think of him?
How do you
respond? You've got five seconds, okay?
Go.
Alright, time is up.
If you said "yeah, he cracks me up"
then nice job and thanks for remembering the expression.
OK, everyone so this week:
"swamped."
Now this is what I sometimes hear:
Alright, I'm talking to my good friend and
colleague, Taro, and I'm a little bit hungry.
It's around 12 - 12:30, so I say:
Hey, Taro!
Do you have time for lunch?
And Taro, he says
Sorry, I have much work.
OK, well Taro is always working very
hard, so I understand and his English is
very good
"I have much work."
Nice grammar, no problem but let's jazz
up, let's give his English a little bit
more punch.
So he can say... that's right
Sorry, I'm swamped with work.
OK, so if you are "swamped"
it means you're really, really busy, okay?
But if you want to add some more detail...
so let's imagine you have a lot of
emails -- you're really, really busy with
emails -- you can say:
Sorry, I'm swamped
with emails. I'm really busy with
lots of emails, okay?
Or if you have a lot
of projects that you're working on,
so you say
I'm sorry I'm swamped with projects. Okay?
So it's a very natural expression, so
please use it in your daily conversation.
So the pronunciation is just as you see
it here,
nothing special, so please repeat after me, okay?
Sorry, I'm swamped with work.
Your turn. Excellent! Alright so after my
question:
Do you have time for lunch?
OK, I understand you're so busy.
That's OK, maybe next time.
Alright, everyone so please remember this for our
review next week.
OK, so our bonus question this week is
another way to say: "Don't give up."
OK, if you know the answer, leave it in
the comments. If you don't, see if you can
find it in one of our previous Bizmates
for beginners videos.
OK, everyone so that is it for me this week.
Thank you so much for watching. Enjoy
your weekend, I'll see you next Friday.
back with this week's Bizmates for
beginners video lesson. And this week,
everyone we are going to learn
"swamped."
OK so what does it mean? Let's find out
but first let's see if all of you could
remember last week's expression.
OK, so imagine I ask you:
Hey, you know Hika?
Yeah, what do you think of him?
How do you
respond? You've got five seconds, okay?
Go.
Alright, time is up.
If you said "yeah, he cracks me up"
then nice job and thanks for remembering the expression.
OK, everyone so this week:
"swamped."
Now this is what I sometimes hear:
Alright, I'm talking to my good friend and
colleague, Taro, and I'm a little bit hungry.
It's around 12 - 12:30, so I say:
Hey, Taro!
Do you have time for lunch?
And Taro, he says
Sorry, I have much work.
OK, well Taro is always working very
hard, so I understand and his English is
very good
"I have much work."
Nice grammar, no problem but let's jazz
up, let's give his English a little bit
more punch.
So he can say... that's right
Sorry, I'm swamped with work.
OK, so if you are "swamped"
it means you're really, really busy, okay?
But if you want to add some more detail...
so let's imagine you have a lot of
emails -- you're really, really busy with
emails -- you can say:
Sorry, I'm swamped
with emails. I'm really busy with
lots of emails, okay?
Or if you have a lot
of projects that you're working on,
so you say
I'm sorry I'm swamped with projects. Okay?
So it's a very natural expression, so
please use it in your daily conversation.
So the pronunciation is just as you see
it here,
nothing special, so please repeat after me, okay?
Sorry, I'm swamped with work.
Your turn. Excellent! Alright so after my
question:
Do you have time for lunch?
OK, I understand you're so busy.
That's OK, maybe next time.
Alright, everyone so please remember this for our
review next week.
OK, so our bonus question this week is
another way to say: "Don't give up."
OK, if you know the answer, leave it in
the comments. If you don't, see if you can
find it in one of our previous Bizmates
for beginners videos.
OK, everyone so that is it for me this week.
Thank you so much for watching. Enjoy
your weekend, I'll see you next Friday.
