multitask
verb[I]
uk/ˌmʌl.tiˈtɑːsk/us/ˌmʌl.tiˈtæsk/to do more than one thing at atime:
同时做多件事There's astereotypethat womentendto multitaskbetterthan men do.有一种刻板印象,即女性往往比男性更善于同时处理多项任务。
Youngpeoplewho multitask whiledrivingslowtheirreactiontimeto that of an 80-year-old.年轻人如果在开车时同时做几件事情,他们的反应时间就会减慢到80岁老人的水平。
See
multitasking
Compare
monotask
- They couldn't multitask, and Ineededpeoplewho could.
- People who multitask nevercompletethosetasksasfastas theythinkthey do.
- Theabilityto multitask is akeytohandlingit all.
Busy and active
- abustle
- arena
- be (as) busy as a beeidiom
- be all goidiom
- be at workidiom
- be back in harnessidiom
- boot
- frenetic
- frenetically
- gangbusters
- girlie swot
- hard-working
- plate
- rev
- run round in circlesidiom
- run round like a headless chickenidiom
- rush/runsomeoneofftheirfeetidiom
- scurry
- spread
- spreadyourselftoo thinidiom