现在恐怕是顾不上
“I'm afraid you can't do that now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“to help Great Tang choose more coroners.”
现 在 恐怕是 顾不上
“I'm afraid you can't do that now.”
“Did something urgent happen again?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Phrasing an inability to perform a task with soft hedges like '恐怕' (I fear) avoids direct conflict and preserves mutual face among colleagues.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to attend to; cannot take care of
Use this collocation when you are too overwhelmed or busy with other urgent priorities to handle another matter.
I am afraid that; likely
A hedging expression used to soften a negative statement or refusal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to think straight.”
“but now is definitely not the time.”
“(But I don't think it'll work this year)”
“to regret it now.”
“Will he be late?”
“and had no time to think about this.”