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Traders at a Stock Exchange in Brazil. Photo: Inacio Texeira / AP
According to figures issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2011 people in Greece, Hungary and Poland worked the most hours per week in Europe.
根據經濟合作與發展組織在2011年公布的數據顯示，每周職員工作時間最長的國家是希臘，匈牙利和波蘭 。
如果說你是 up against it， 那就意味著你非常忙，工作很緊張，任務有固定的截止時間。
I'm sorry I'll call you later. I'm really up against it today.
He's got lots to do today. He's really up against it.
I was up against it last week. Sorry I didn't have time to see you.
另一個和時間有關的短語是 to race against the clock, 意思是同時間賽跑，在規定時間內完成任務。
It's a race against the clock. I don't think I'm going to have this presentation done in time.