occupied/preoccupied
The president is much occupied with affairs of state.
總統(tǒng)總是忙于國事咐柜。
He occupied his whole afternoon reading documents.
他用了一下午的時間閱讀文件。
overloaded
The bar waiter was already overloaded with orders.
這位酒吧侍者已經(jīng)應付不過來客人的點單。
Faculty are in short supply and tend to be overloaded with work, limiting their capacity to undertake research.
教師供不應求，而且教學工作往往超負荷，制約了他們的研究能力辛孵。
tied up
He's tied up with his new book. He works hard till midnight every day.
他正忙他那本新書。他每天都工作到半夜赡磅。
My hands are tied. I must hand in my homework this afternoon.
我很忙魄缚，今天下午必須把家庭作業(yè)交上去。
I have EPA over both her financial affairs and her welfare, yet my hands are tied both her obduracy and that of the LA.
在她的金融事務和福利方面焚廊，我都有EPA鲜滩。但LA政策和她的頑固讓我無能為力。
in the middle of sth
What were you up to?
剛剛忙啥呢?
I was in the middle of serving a customer when you called me.
你給我打電話的時候节值，我正在忙著照顧一個顧客。
wrapped up in
He's too serious and dedicated, wrapped up in his career.
他太嚴肅榜聂、太專注搞疗，一心撲在事業(yè)上。
Nowadays, lots of Canadians and Americans are wrapped up in their small world and know little about China.
all wound up
You won't fall asleep if you're all wound up from answering email, or doing other work.
如果你在睡覺前還在忙著回復郵件或者做其它事情须肆，那你肯定睡不著匿乃。
