backlog
noun /ˈbæklɒɡ/
/ˈbæklɔːɡ/
- a quantity of work that should have been done already, but has not yet been done
积压的工作 - When she eventually returned to work, there was a tremendous backlog of paperwork to catch up on.
当她最终回到工作岗位时，有大量的文件要处理。 - We are faced with a backlog of orders we can’t deal with.
我们面对一大堆积压下来的订单。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- be faced with
- have
- catch up on
- …
- build up
- When she eventually returned to work, there was a tremendous backlog of paperwork to catch up on.