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Welcome to English in a Minute!
欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目！
If something is too thin, it may not be strong.
如果某物太薄，它可能就不牢固。
But does this expression have anything to do with size or weight?
但这句表达会和尺寸或重量有关系吗？
Spread yourself too thin
分散太多精力
There you are. I haven’t seen you in the office all week. Oh, I have been here.
原来你在这。我一整周都没在办公室看到你。哦，我一直在的。
But with all these new projects, all I do now is go to meetings.
但是现在有这些新的项目，我唯一能做的就是开会。
I don’t even have time to do...actual work!
我甚至没时间去做实际工作！
Sounds like you have spread yourself too thin, mister!
听起来你分散太多精力了，这位先生！
You are right about that.
你说对了。
If you “spread yourself too thin”, you are doing a lot of things, perhaps too many, at the same time.
如果你“spread yourself too thin”，表明你在做很多事情，可能事情太多，而且要同时进行。
Because of this, it is hard to perform any of these activities especially well.
因为如此，你很难把任何一项活动进行得特别好。
People who “spread themselves too thin” may feel tired and overworked.
“分散太多精力”的人可能会感到疲惫和工作过度。
And that’s English in a Minute.
以上就是今天的《一分钟英语》栏目。
