"drown in" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 淹沒在
• 被壓得喘不過氣

Definition

被大量某物（如水、工作或情緒）覆蓋或淹沒。常用作比喻，表示某事太多而難以承受。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常用於非正式或半正式場合。常見搭配：「drown in work」（工作太多）、「drown in debt」（債務纏身）。通常是比喻意義，非真正的溺水。要和字面溺水分清楚。

Examples

She feels like she is drowning in homework every night.

她覺得每天晚上都**淹沒在**作業裡。

He was drowning in debt after losing his job.

他失業後**淹沒在**債務中。

The city was drowning in rain during the storm.

暴雨中這座城市**淹沒在**雨水中。

I can't hang out tonight—I'm drowning in projects at work.

今晚不能出去—我**淹沒在**工作專案裡。

After the breakup, she was drowning in sadness for weeks.

分手後，她**淹沒在**悲傷中好幾週。

Emails keep coming—I’m drowning in my inbox right now.

郵件一直在進來—現在我的收件匣**被淹沒了**。