"Regardless of discipline, employers are looking for individuals with the ability to multitask," says Fay.

“不管什么学科，雇主都在寻找能够做多种任务的人。” Fay 说。

Women seem to be able to multitask better than men.

女性似乎比男性更擅长同时做数件事情。

Imagine you are pouring your heat out to someone and they are just busy on their phone, and if you ask for their attention you get the response—I can multitask.

想象一下，你正向某人吐露心声，而他们正忙着打电话，如果你要求他们注意，你会得到这样的答复——我可以一心多用。

Multitask, multitask, multitask!

多任务，多任务，多任务！

Do not multitask.

不要过多的揽任务。

Is it a fallacy that we're able to multitask?

我们能够同时做多件事是否是一个谬论呢？

Multitask.

多任务。

Are we solving problems, learning how to multitask?

我们解决了问题，学会如何同时处理多项事务吗？

And you say there's a biological explanation for why we love to multitask.

您说对于人们喜欢一心多用有生物学方面的原因？

If you're looking to multitask your willpower training, try walking meditation.

如果你想增强你的意志力，不妨试试行走冥想。

Another study confirmed that people who multitask actually end up being less efficient.

另一项研究明确表示那些进行多重任务的人我们事实上效力更低。

By trying to multitask, you're losing focus every single time you switch between things.

尝试着一脑多用，然而你却在转换这些事情的时候失去专注的焦点。

Expect them to tackle one project at a time, she adds. "They absolutely cannot multitask."

“希望他们一次完成一个任务”，她又补充道，“他们是绝对不能同时完成多项任务的。”

We multitask on the computer, with the TV on in the background, and believe we are “watching” TV.

我们在看电视时，在电脑上进行多重任务，并且认为我们正在“看”电视。

What we do when we multitask is devote tiny slices of time to several tasks in rapid succession.

当我们处理多任务的时候，实际上是把时间切碎并在多个任务上快速切换。

We have all heard stories either men can't multitask or women are exceptionally good at multitasking.

我们已经听了很多这样的报道：要么男性无法处理多任务，要么女性特别擅长处理。

In other words, multitask the right way: Limit what an app can do in the background, and how often.

换言之，多任务的正确方案：限制一个后台运行的应用程序的行为以及频率。

It let you multitask multiple applications, and you could run DOS-based programs in their own Windows.

它可以让你处理多个应用，你可以在他们自己的窗口上运行基于DOS的程序。

Don't underestimate the damage caused by allowing your cellphone to constantly require you to multitask.

绝不要低估因手机引起的使你不断进入多重任务的危害。

Bavelier studies the effect of action-video-game playing on people's ability to split attention and multitask.

巴维利尔研究的是一种动作视频游戏产生的效果。 这种游戏靠人的注意力分散能力和多任务操作能力进行。

The researchers also found the subjects, while appearing to multitask simultaneously, were not actually doing so.

研究人员还发现被试者并没有真的在同时做多个任务。

"Humans don't really multitask," said Eyal Ophir, the primary researcher with the Stanford Multitasking study.

“人类不会真正地一心多用”，斯坦福多任务研究中心的首席研究员Eyal Ophir称。

Soups, salads, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein are examples of these healthy foods that multitask.

汤、沙拉、水果、蔬菜、整体五谷和精瘦的蛋白质是这些健康食物的例子。

Also, "sensation-seeking" personality types are more likely to multitask, as are those living in "a highly TV-oriented household."

另外，“感觉寻求”类型的人更有可能倾向于同时进行若干工作，因为他们通常是活在一个电视做引导家庭里。

Email can be a great tool in helping us multitask and set our own timetables for communicating with friends, family and co-workers.

子邮件是一个很不错的工具，它可以帮我们同时从事多种工作，并帮助我们根据自己的情况安排何时与亲友和同事沟通。