backlog
英 ['bæklɒg]
美['bæklɔɡ]
- n. [管理] 积压的工作；积压待办的事务；大木材
- vt. 储备；把…积压起来
词态变化
复数: backlogs;
英文词源
- backlog (n.)
- 1680s, "large log placed at the back of a fire," from back (adj.) + log (n.1). Figurative sense of "something stored up for later use" is first attested 1883, but this and the meaning "arrears of unfulfilled orders" (1932) might be from, or suggested by, log (n.2).
双语例句
- 1. There is a backlog of repairs and maintenance in schools.
- 对各学校的修缮和维护工作积压了一堆。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We are faced with a backlog of orders we can't deal with.
- 我们面对一大堆未交付的订单. (在英国指担心订货积压不易脱手,又“无奈”意;在美国指生意兴隆,有 “ 踌躇满志”意)
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.
- 要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.
- 需要投资来減轻积压的维修工作.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. A huge backlog of work had built up.
- 一大堆工作积压了起来.
来自《简明英汉词典》