| 英语单词 | backlog |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['bæklɒɡ] 美 ['bæklɔːɡ] |
| 中文释义 | n.积压待办事项;存货;垫底大木头 v.积压 |
| 英语例句 | (1) My secretary can not cope with the backlog of paperwork. (2) It will take a month to clear the backlog of work. (3) Orders are starting to backlog faster than we can process them. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我的秘书无力处理积压下来的文书作业。 (2) 要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。 (3) 订单开始形成积压,我们来不及处理。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you have extra work to do that keeps accumulating, you have a backlog. Sometimes people stay late at their jobs to take care of a backlog. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A backlog of tasks might slow down an ordinary day at an office or store, or require workers to come in on the weekend to catch up. In 1680, a backlog meant "a large log placed at the back of a fireplace," and by the 1880s it came to also mean "something stored for later use." It wasn't until the early 20th century that a backlog most often referred to "extra unfulfilled orders." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]积压的事情;未完成的工作 A backlog is a number of things which have not yet been done but which need to be done.
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