multitask
verb [ I ] uk/ˌmʌl.tiˈtɑːsk/ us/ˌmʌl.tiˈtæsk/
同时做多件事
to do more than one thing at a time
There's a stereotype that women tend to multitask better than men do. 有一种刻板印象，即女性往往比男性更善于同时处理多项任务。
Young people who multitask while driving slow their reaction time to that of an 80-year-old. 年轻人如果在开车时同时做几件事情，他们的反应时间就会减慢到80岁老人的水平。
See: multitasking
Compare: monotask
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- They couldn't multitask, and I needed people who could.
- People who multitask never complete those tasks as fast as they think they do.
- The ability to multitask is a key to handling it all.