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English英语 term or phrase:
XXX is up to his eyeballs in contingency plans.
Chinese汉语 translation:
忙于制定应急计划，应接不暇；制定应急计划，忙得不可开交
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shanmididi
Nov 21, 2008 23:43
16 yrs ago
English英语 term
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XXX is up to his eyeballs in contingency plans.
English英语译成Chinese汉语
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"up to eyeballs" is used to emphasize someone is in an undesirable state to a very great degree. I can understand the meaning, but how to translate this sentence, possibly still able to relate to "eyeball" or the like in Chinese?
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(Chinese汉语)
| 4 +1 | 忙于制定应急计划，应接不暇；制定应急计划，忙得不可开交 |
Linguist Laureate
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| 3 +1 | xxx一心忙于（制定）应急（应变）方案 |
Yurek
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| 4 | （在------方面）忙过了头 |
Sherwin Zhou
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| 3 | 焦头烂额于应急预案 |
Jackson Young
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忙于制定应急计划，应接不暇；制定应急计划，忙得不可开交
既要忠实原文意思，又要用地道的汉语表达
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Comment: "谢谢各位，意思大家都差不多，但比较认同“应接不暇”这个词"
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xxx一心忙于（制定）应急（应变）方案
be up to one’s eyeballs in sth.：to have a lot of things to deal with, 忙于,埋头于
xxx一心忙于（制定）应急（应变）方案
或，
应急（应变）方案让xxx忙得不可开交
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xxx一心忙于（制定）应急（应变）方案
或，
应急（应变）方案让xxx忙得不可开交
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焦头烂额于应急预案
还得看上下文，现在焦头烂额在形容“忙”的时候似乎更侧重于讲它的程度了。
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（在------方面）忙过了头
up to one's eyeballs/ears/eyes in sth.是指“to have too much of something, especially work”往往带有贬义，指在---方面做过了头，或本没有必要做到这种程度。带有一点舍本逐末的意味。
在“is up to his eyeballs in contingency plans”中，可以理解为“在contingency plans"上 做/忙 过了头。
在“is up to his eyeballs in contingency plans”中，可以理解为“在contingency plans"上 做/忙 过了头。
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