Natsuo Kirinoの "OUT" を読んでいます。
Masakoは昔働いていた会社で、Kunikoに金を貸していた、Jumonjiも働いていたのを思い出し、当時の自分の境遇を回想しています。
They stopped inviting her to the monthly dinner at which all the women got together, and she found herself completely isolate. The men, on the other hand were constantly after her, making sure she was the only one asked to serve tea when guests came to the office, and swamping her with copying. As a result, she found it difficult to get her own work done and ended up putting in even more overtime.
"swamping" は動名詞ですが、名詞の沼の意味の "swamp" しか知りません。 動詞の "swamp" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to make somebody have more of something than they can deal with: The department was swamped with job applications.
・Collins Dictionary: If you are swamped by things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.: He is swamped with work.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: If something swamps a person, system, or place, more of it arrives than can be easily dealt with: I'm swamped with work at the moment.
Masakoは昔働いていた会社で、Kunikoに金を貸していた、Jumonjiも働いていたのを思い出し、当時の自分の境遇を回想しています。
They stopped inviting her to the monthly dinner at which all the women got together, and she found herself completely isolate. The men, on the other hand were constantly after her, making sure she was the only one asked to serve tea when guests came to the office, and swamping her with copying. As a result, she found it difficult to get her own work done and ended up putting in even more overtime.
"swamping" は動名詞ですが、名詞の沼の意味の "swamp" しか知りません。 動詞の "swamp" の意味を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to make somebody have more of something than they can deal with: The department was swamped with job applications.
・Collins Dictionary: If you are swamped by things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.: He is swamped with work.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: If something swamps a person, system, or place, more of it arrives than can be easily dealt with: I'm swamped with work at the moment.
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