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"堵车"常见表达

 

"堵车"英语怎么说呢？

一个单词就可以搞定: heavy  ['hevɪ] 

heavy常见意思是"沉重的, 重的" 但是在这里, 它表示"拥挤的", 形容"交通阻塞, 路上很堵"。

对话:

A: Be quick. Or we will be late.

快点，要不我们就迟到了。

B: Take your time. It's still early.

慢慢来, 还早着呢。

A: Morning traffic is always very heavy.

早上通常很堵的。

B: Alright.

好吧。

 

除了"heavy", 还有哪些地道的说法可以表示交通阻塞呢？

1. I'm really fed up with traffic jams.

我对堵车真是烦透了。

2.Traffic has come to a dead stop.

交通已处于停滞状态。

3. The traffic is moving at a snail's pace.

车辆行驶慢得像蜗牛一样。

4.There is heavy traffic during the rush hours.
上下班时间交通很繁忙。

5. The cars haven't moved for nearly half an hour.

车已经半个小时没动了。