归纳汇总:“不知道”的10种英文说法

1970-01-01 08:00:00  每日学英语


在非正式场合的口语中,特别是年轻人喜欢用这些话来搪塞他们的家长:

1Dunno

(“布吉岛”,不知道)

例:“When do you have to submit this essay?”

“Dunno. I can’t remember.”

如果你手头没有任何信息或者你猜不透问题的答案,就这么说:

2 I have no idea.

(我没头绪,我不清楚)

例:“What time does the film start?”

“I have no idea. Why don’t you call the cinema?”

有时候,我们难免遇到一些很烦人的问题或提问者,如果你对这些感到厌烦,就可以这样说话,显示你已经没耐心了:

3How should I know?

(我怎么可能知道?搞得好像我就应该知道一样。)

例:You ask me where your pen is, how should I know?

4Don’t ask me.

(别再问我了,我根本不知道)

例:“What time did she say she was catching her train?”

“Don’t ask me. I’m always the last to know.”

5Search me

(你怎么样都不可能在我身上找到答案,尽管问吧,我不知道)

例:“Why didn’t he ask you for the keys?” “Search me. I’m not a mind reader”

如果别人问你的问题太难了,你觉得根本就不可能会有人知道,就可以用这2种说法:

6Who knows?

(谁知道,天知道)

例:“Will they ever find the missing aircraft?” “Who knows? The search been going on for such a long time now.”

7 It’s anyone’s guess

(大家都在猜,所以没人知道)

例:How will the situation develop from here? It's anyone’s guess.

如果别人问你某件事,而你也恰好对这件事知之甚少,或许抱有同样的疑问,就可以说:

8Your guess is as good as mine.

(我和你一样不知道,简单说就是我也不知道)

例:“Do you think we will be able to book the restaurant for Friday?”

“Your guess is as good as mine.”

有时,问题的答案或许是所想的那样,但是你又没有足够的依据和信息来判断是否如此,就可以说:

9 Not as far as I know.

(这超出我的了解范围了,我不太清楚)

例:“Has Clive left the company? I haven’t seen him for ages.”

“Not as far as I know, but I haven’t seen him recently either.”

在非正式的场合,如果你想回答一个问题却回答不了,可以用这种常见的说法回答别人:

10It beats me.

(这真是难倒我了,我答不上来)

例:“Why did he do such a stupid thing?”

“It beats me”

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