2017-02-23 糖果单词-Bella 糖果单词
创作/Candy 总监/一婷 排版/胖崔
作者/Bella 音频/Matthew
(People are talking about the progressive supper before Marilyn comes. She comes and looks confused.)(Marilyn来之前,大家在讨论progressive supper的事情。她看起来很困惑。)
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clue-Matthew
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- Marilyn:Haven’t got a clue yet. Looking forward to this special event. Thanks for the lift!
- 我还没搞懂这是什么呢,不过期待这次特别的活动。谢谢能让我搭顺风车!
I have no clue.
I don’t have a clue.
To be completely unable to guess, understand, or deal with something.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
表示你没明白某件事或者完全不知道该怎么办。毫无头绪,一无所知。
(非常口语化的一种表达I don’t know的方式)
EXAMPLE
Don't ask your father which key to press - he hasn't got a clue about computers.
别问你爸要按哪个键,他对电脑一窍不通!
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus)
几种方式表达“我不知道”
1. I don’t know.
2. I have no idea.
/ I haven’t the faintest idea.
/ I have no clue.
一无所知,一头雾水,一脸.....
(These expressions are used when you have no information and you cannot guess the answer to a question.)
(当你不了解相关信息,连猜都猜不出来的时候)
E.g.
-What time does the film start?
-电影啥时候开始啊?
-I have no idea. Why don’t you call the cinema?
-我不造啊,你干嘛不自己打电话问问电影院!
E.g.
-Could somebody please explain how this happened?
-谁能解释下这是怎么回事吗???
-I haven’t the faintest idea.
我也不造怎么解释。
3. Dunno.
(This is used informally and in spoken language, especially by teenagers who don’t want to answer their parents!)
(口语化表达,通常是青少年不想搭理父母的时候用,呃=,=)
E.g.
-When do you have to submit this essay?
-你什么时候提交论文啊?
-Dunno. I can’t remember.
-哎呀不知道,我想不起来了。
4. Don’t ask me.
/ How should I know?
/ You tell me.
(These are used when you do not know something and you feel annoyed
that someone is asking you about it.)
(当你不仅不知道,还有点恼羞成怒的时候)
E.g.
-What time did she say she was catching her train?
-她啥时候说的她上火车了?
-Don’t ask me. I’m always the last to know.
-呵呵,别问我,我永远都是最后一个才知道的好吗。
E.g.
-What's the call time for tomorrow?
-明天什么时候的预约啊?
-You tell me, you are the first assistant director.
-我问你才对吧,你才是第一助理。
5. Who knows?
(不知道而且其他人也不可能知道的时候)
E.g.
-Will they ever find the missing aircraft?
-他们会发现失踪的飞机吗?
-Who knows? The search been going on for such a long time now.
-鬼知道啊,已经调查了好久了。
6. Your guess is as good as mine.
(This is used for saying that you know as little about something as the person who asked you about it)
(你和对方一样都不知道的时候)
E.g.
-Do you think we will be able to book the restaurant for Friday?
-你觉得咱们能订上周五的饭店吗?
-Your guess is as good as mine.
-其实我和你一样一脸懵逼。
好啦,下次即使不知道答案,也可以炫酷的说出“老子不懂”啦!
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