A polite way of telling someone you haven't heard a word they said. Commonly used on long conference calls, when the speaker is monotonous1, boring, or couldn't make a point of one were drawn2 for them. ... Joe: Blah, blah corporate3 office blah, blah, leverage4 proactively blah, blah human capital and grade-A synergy, blah, blah. Do you agree, Jim?
Jim: I'm sorry, Joe, I was multitasking, can you repeat that?
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Multitasking的意思是多任务处置的，你可以用它来形容你非常忙，是没听见其他人说话的好借口，一般用于冗长的会议。比如会议非常无聊，发言人大篇幅发言后忽然问你有什么感想，你可以说I was multitasking，能重复一遍么？