Busy people can often be found Burning the midnight oil.

大忙人总是日以继夜地工作.

He has the habit of burning the midnight oil before tests.

考试前他有挑灯夜战的习惯。

She takes her exams next week, so she's burning the midnight oil.

她下星期要参加考试，所以在开夜车。

Many students are burning the midnight oil to prepare for the examination tomorrow.

许多考生在备考期间开夜车学习.

Spring breaks were always used to pay back my sleep debt for burning the midnight oil on a regular basis.

过去的每个春假，我都是用来弥补平日经常熬夜所造成的睡眠不足。

Actually, burning the midnight oil, as it were, may raise the risk for depression and some learningdeficits.

实际上，熬夜会增加人们罹患抑郁的风险，并且会导致学习能力不足。

He's been burning the midnight oil over the last few weeks because he's been trying to finish writing up his paper.

前几个星期他一直工作到深夜，因为他正努力完成他的论文。

So despite any extra calories a person might burn while burning the midnight oil, losing sleep is hardly the best way to lose fat, this study suggests.

该研究表明，尽管人们挑灯夜战时会燃烧额外的卡路里，但不睡觉都不大可能是减肥的最佳途径。