I'm just going through my boxes, and I knew you'd still be hard at it.

我正在研究那些盒子，而且我知道你肯定也还在鞠躬尽瘁。

Yesterday, I was hard at it trying to study for my Spanish language test.

昨天我埋头苦学，准备参加西班牙语考试。

Well Neil, I've been hard at it at work today.

好了，尼尔，我今天工作很卖力了。

If you're looking for Dad, he's hard at it in the kitchen making food for the party.

如果你在找爸爸，他正在厨房里为聚会卖力做饭呢。

Sarah was hard at it on her computer.

【hard，hardness】萨拉在计算机上忙着。

I've still got this pile of work to do, so I'll be hard at it until late.

我还有这一大堆工作要做，所以我会一直埋头苦干到很晚。

But not just work – if you're putting lots of effort into doing anything, we can say you are hard at it.

但不仅仅是工作上——如果你在做任何事情的时候花了很多精力，我们可以说“你埋头苦干”。

I'm hard at it on a practice run, trying to get fit for a marathon I'm taking part in next month.

我练习跑步很卖力，我想为下个月参加的马拉松比赛做好准备。

We said a week ago, we must leave no stone unturned. I spoke to the negotiating team first in this morning. They've been hard at it.

我们一星期前就说过，我们必须尽一切可能达成协议。今天早上我首先和谈判团队谈了谈。他们一直在努力促成协议。

It was tough but that's because I tried really hard – I put lots of effort into it – so could I say I was 'hard at it'?

这不容易，但那是因为我真的很努力——我付出了很多精力——所以我能说“hard at it”吗？

Yes, and we weren't the only ones – listen to these examples… Don't disturb Vera, she's hard at it trying to finish the paperwork for the project.

是的，别人也是这样——听这些例句… … 别打扰维拉，她正在埋头苦干，努力处理完这个项目的文书工作。

We hadn't been hard at it for more than a minute when a most terrible screech sounded through church, as if somebody had just gied up their heart's blood.

我们跪了还不到一分钟，突然教堂里响起一声非常可怕的尖叫，就像有谁在把心里的血倾倒出来一样。