💬 聊天英文English version
swamped 是甚麼意思？
be swamped (with sth)
/swɒmpt/
＝ 忙得不可開交、被大量工作淹沒
口語和職場聊天都常用，比 busy 更生動。說 "Sorry, I'm swamped" 推辭邀約或解釋遲覆，語氣自然又不失禮。
簡單解釋
swamp 是沼澤。想像你一腳踩進沼澤，泥水湧上來，整個人動彈不得。
I'm swamped 就是工作像泥水一樣湧過來，把你淹沒了，即「忙到透不過氣」。
它說的是「事情太多」，不是「心情差」，所以常配合 with 說明被甚麼淹沒：swamped with emails、swamped with orders。
swamped 的 4 個意思
- be swamped非常忙、忙得不可開交口語常用
Sorry, I'm swamped this week.
抱歉，我這星期忙得不可開交。
- be swamped with sth被大量某事物淹沒（電郵、查詢、訂單）職場常用
Customer service is swamped with calls after the price change.
加價後，客戶服務部的電話接個不停。
- swamp sb/sth (verb)使應接不暇；（水）淹沒一般
Heavy rain swamped the football pitch.
大雨把足球場淹沒了。
- a swamp (noun)沼澤、濕地一般
Alligators live in the swamp.
短吻鱷生活在沼澤裡。
句式和用法
| 句式 | 例句 |
|---|---|
| be / get swamped (with sth) | We always get swamped with orders before Chinese New Year. 每逢農曆新年前，我們都會接到大量訂單。 |
| be completely / totally swamped | I'm totally swamped until the audit is over. 審計完成之前，我都會忙得透不過氣。 |
| be swamped at work | He has been swamped at work, so he missed the dinner. 他最近工作很忙，所以錯過了那頓晚飯。 |
| swamp sb with sth | Please don't swamp the new intern with tasks on day one. 請不要在第一天就給新來的實習生一大堆工作。 |
真實場景例句
💬 WhatsApp 推辭邀約
Joey: Drinks in Central on Thursday?
星期四去中環喝一杯？
Vincent: I'd love to, but I'm swamped this week. Next Friday?
很想去，但我這星期忙到不得了，下星期五好嗎？
📧 解釋遲覆電郵
Hi Grace, sorry for the late reply — we've been swamped with year-end orders. Please find the quotation attached.
Grace 你好，抱歉遲了回覆，我們最近忙於處理大量年底訂單。報價單已隨附。
👥 同事之間關心
Alice: You look tired. Are you OK?
你看起來很累，還好嗎？
Tony: Just swamped. Three deadlines on Monday!
只是忙得要命，星期一有三個限期！
Alice: Let me know if I can take something off your plate.
如果我能幫你分擔一些，告訴我。
常見錯誤
✗ I'm swamping this week.
✓ I'm swamped this week.
形容自己很忙要用過去分詞 swamped（被淹沒），swamping 是「淹沒別人」。
✗ I'm swamped by many many works.
✓ I'm swamped with work.
work 是不可數名詞，不加 s；說被甚麼淹沒時多用 with。
✗ I'm very swamped.
✓ I'm really swamped. / I'm completely swamped.
swamped 本身已經是「極忙」，較少用 very；要加強語氣多用 really、completely、totally。
✗ Sorry, I swamped.
✓ Sorry, I'm swamped.
聊天時容易漏掉 be 動詞；要說 I'm swamped 或 I've been swamped。
改寫示範 ✨
一個解釋遲覆的訊息：用 Dictionify 的 Polish 把整段改得自然又專業，刪去的字劃走，新加的字標示出來。
Sorry for late reply. Recently I am very swamping by the customer enquiry, so I forget your email. I will reply you tomorrow.
Sorry for the late reply. Recently I am very swamping by the I've been swamped with customer enquiry, so I forget enquiries lately, and your email. I will reply email slipped through the cracks. I'll get back to you tomorrow.
- Sorry for late reply → Sorry for the late reply：要加 the。
- very swamping by the customer enquiry → swamped with customer enquiries：用 swamped，介詞用 with，查詢有很多個，enquiries 要用複數。
- I forget your email 太直接；your email slipped through the cracks（電郵被漏掉了）較委婉。reply you 也要改成 get back to you 或 reply to you。
近義和相反說法
| 說法 | 意思 | 分別 |
|---|---|---|
| busy | 忙 | 最普通、最中性；swamped 更強烈、更生動。 |
| snowed under (with sth) | 工作堆積如山 | 意思幾乎一樣，英式英語較常用。 |
| up to my ears (in sth) | 忙到頭頂、深陷其中 | 口語，帶點誇張和幽默。 |
| overwhelmed | 應付不來、不知所措 | 除了忙，還有壓力大、情緒受影響的意思。 |
相反：have time on my hands (有大把空閒時間)、quiet / slow (at work) (工作清淡)
小測驗
選一個答案，立即看結果。
同事說 "I'm swamped." 她的意思是……
答案：A。be swamped = 忙得不可開交。
哪一句是正確的？
答案：B。形容很忙要用 be swamped with sth。
朋友約你吃飯，你太忙去不了。哪個回覆最自然有禮？
答案：A。先道歉，說明很忙，再提議另一個時間，最自然又不失禮。
常見問題
swamped 可以在電郵裡用嗎？夠不夠正式？
對同事和熟悉的客戶完全可以，例如 "Sorry for the delay, we've been swamped with orders." 寫給很正式的對象時，可改用 "We have been experiencing a high volume of enquiries."
swamped 和 busy 有甚麼分別？
busy 只是「忙」；swamped 是「事情多到淹沒你」，程度更重，語氣也更生動。偶爾忙可以說 busy，忙到透不過氣才說 swamped。
別人說 "I'm swamped"，我應該怎樣回應？
可以表示體諒並提出幫忙："No worries, take your time." 或 "Anything I can help with?" 如果事情急，可以問 "When do you think you'll have time to look at it?"
swamped with 和 swamped by 都可以嗎？
都可以。with 最常見，說明被甚麼事情淹沒（swamped with work）；by 多用於被動句，強調來源（The office was swamped by calls.）。
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