Dictionary Workbench Ondict

rushed

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

rushed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rushed /rʌʃt/ adjective  1 HURRYdone very quickly or too quickly, because there was not enough time 匆忙的,仓促的 We did have a meeting, but it was a bit rushed. 我们是开了会,但是很仓促。2 British English if you are rushed, you are very busy because you have a lot of things to do quickly 忙碌的 I’ll talk to you later – I’m a bit rushed at the moment. 我回头和你谈——我现在有点忙。 I’ve been rushed off my feet (=extremely busy) all day. 我一整天都忙得不可开交。
Examples from the Corpus
rushedThe actors performances were needlessly rushed.It may have to be less if we are rushed.I hope that Opposition Members accept that were we to attempt a rushed account this evening it would of necessity be incomplete.The restaurant's service was rushed and impersonal.Although conducted with reverence and not rushed, it was still completed very quickly.Their wedding, mercifully, had been the sort of rushed job that Karen was busy despising.But in our rushed, modern lifestyle we often rely on convenience foods and snacks which may be lacking in proper nutrition.Of course the importance of a high quality of case recording is clearly recognised but a rushed volunteer might leave gaps in case recording.People have complained that the doctors seem rushed, with too many patients to see in a day.rushed off ... feetBus managers were expecting to be rushed off their feet.He was in livery, and told me he was rushed off his feet.There had been lots of problems, and they were rushed off their feet.We're rushed off of our feet.We have people in to help and we're still rushed off our feet.We were rushed off our feet yesterday.
or because quickly done too Corpus quickly, very


See rush for more


rushed
rushed /rʌʃt/ adjective
1. done very quickly or too quickly, because there was not enough time:
    We did have a meeting, but it was a bit rushed.
2. British English if you are rushed, you are very busy because you have a lot of things to do quickly:
    I’ll talk to you later – I’m a bit rushed at the moment.
    I’ve been rushed off my feet (=extremely busy) all day.


rushedBrE /rʌʃt/ 🔊NAmE /rʌʃt/ 🔊 adjectivedone too quickly or made to do sth too quickly 仓促而就的;草率的 SYN hurried It was a rushed decision made at the end of the meeting. 那是会议结束时匆忙作出的决定。🔊🔊Let's start work on it now so we're not too rushed at the end. 我们现在就开始干吧,免得最后太匆忙。🔊🔊be rushed/run off your ˈfeetto be extremely busy; to have too many things to do 忙得不可开交;要做太多的事


See rush for more