backlog
英 ['bæklɒg]
美 ['bæklɔɡ]
- n. [管理] 積壓的工作；積壓待辦的事務；大木材
- vt. 儲備；把…積壓起來
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. There is a backlog of repairs and maintenance in schools.
- 對各學校的修繕和維護工作積壓了一堆。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We are faced with a backlog of orders we can't deal with.
- 我們麵對一大堆未交付的訂單. (在英國指擔心訂貨積壓不易脫手,又“無奈”意;在美國指生意興隆,有 “ 躊躇滿誌”意)
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.
- 要花一個月的時間才能清理完積壓的工作.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.
- 需要投資來減輕積壓的維修工作.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. A huge backlog of work had built up.
- 一大堆工作積壓了起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》