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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”