adj.忙的；繁忙的；熱鬧的；(電話)占線的

vt.使忙于

He is busy with some important work. 他正忙于處理一些重要的事情。

He was busy getting ready for his journey. 他正忙于準(zhǔn)備旅行。

The traffic was at its height at the busy junction. 在繁忙的交叉路口，車輛來往正處于高峰。

I tried to call Mr. Cooper, but the line was busy. 我想給庫柏先生打個(gè)電話，但一直占線。

To forget his trouble, he busied himself in his garden . 為了把煩惱忘卻，他讓自己忙于花園的工作。

As the final examinations draw near, students begin to busy themselves with reviewing. 當(dāng)期末考試即將來臨時(shí)，同學(xué)們開始忙于復(fù)習(xí)。

busy用作形容詞的基本意思是“忙的”,通常指人經(jīng)常或暫時(shí)埋頭于一項(xiàng)工作,含有“熱衷于”的意味。busy作“繁忙的; 熱鬧的”解時(shí)可修飾物或事物。

busy在句中可用作定語或表語。用作表語時(shí),其后常可接介詞about, at, in, over , with引起的短語, 這些介詞有時(shí)可省略,特別是當(dāng)其賓語為動(dòng)名詞時(shí)。busy用于too...to結(jié)構(gòu)時(shí)可接動(dòng)詞不定式。

“電話占線。”在美國一般說The line is busy .而在英國常說The number is engaged.

busy既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),一般接oneself作賓語,常常表示“使自己忙于某事”。