本来时间就不够用
“and I'm already short on time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我学校还有很多课
“I have many classes at school,”
本来 时间 就 不够用
“and I'm already short on time.”
我先把电脑装上啊
“Let me set up the computer first.”
“I'm already swamped, so we need to hurry up and not waste any time.”
In Chinese work and study environments, stating that one's time is inherently stretched thin is a common, direct justification for hurrying tasks along or setting firm boundaries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
was already not enough in the first place
Use this structure to emphasize that a resource (time, money, space) was already scarce before an additional burden occurred.