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<p><strong>●不明白、不知道 </strong></p><p><strong>◎我不明白。 I don't understand. </strong><br />I can't tell you. (我不能告诉你。) <br />= I don't understand. (我不知道是什么事。) <br />= I'm not following. <br />= I don't get it. *比较随便的说法。 <br />= I'm confused. <br />I get it. /I understand. (明白了。)</p><p><strong>◎我不太明白。 I don't really understand. <br /></strong>= I don't understand very well.</p><p><strong>◎我不清楚。 That's not clear. <br /></strong>*不清楚对方所说的事情时。 <br />So, was he the thief? (这么说，他是个小偷?)</p><p><strong>◎我不明白你在说什么。 I can't see your point. </strong><br />*表示"我不同意你所说的，我不明白你为什么会这样说"。 <br />We should do this first. (我们首先应该做这个。) <br />= I don't see where you're coming from. <br />= I don't see your point.</p><p><strong>◎我不明白你的意思。 I can't understand what you mean. </strong><br />= I can't see what you mean. <br />= I don't understand what you're trying to say. <br />= I don't get your drift.</p><p><strong>◎我弄不清楚你想说什么。 I'm not sure what you mean. </strong><br />That's how you do it. (所以应该这样做呀。) <br />= I'm not sure I understand. <br />= I'm not sure I see what you mean. <br />= I don't know if I understand what you're trying to say.</p><p><strong>◎我根本不知道这是怎么回事。 I don't know what's what. </strong><br />*what's what 是what is what的缩略形式，直译为"什么是什么"。 <br />= I don't have any idea what's going on. <br />= I don't know anything any more.</p><p><strong>◎太难了，我弄不懂。 It's over my head. </strong><br />*直译是"它超过了我的头脑"。用于所听到的信息或事情，难于理解、弄不懂时。 <br />...so, that's the way to use computers. (总之，电脑是这样使用的。) <br />= It's beyond me.</p><p><strong>◎我也搞不清楚。 Your guess is as good as mine. </strong><br />*guess "推测，猜想"。这是句常用表达方式，意为"你要不知道，那我更不知道了"。 <br />How many people live in this town? (这个镇上住了多少人?)</p><p><strong>◎越想越糊涂。 The more I think about it, the less I understand it. </strong><br />*如例句所示，在more(更好的，更多的)、less(比较少的，更少的)等比较级前面加the，构成the+比较级……，the+比较级……。</p><p><strong>◎我不知道他要干什么。 I don't know what he is driving at. </strong><br />*drive at... "打算做……"。 <br />= I don't know what he intends. <br />= I don't know what he is getting at. <br />= I don't know what he is trying to do. <br />= It's not clear. (我不清楚。) <br />= That's unclear. <br />That's clear. (那很清楚了。)</p><p><strong>◎她到底想干什么? What's she after? </strong><br />I'm not sure. (我不清楚。) <br />= What's her game?</p><p><strong>◎我一点儿都不知道。 I have no idea. </strong><br />Do you know where my pen is? (你知道我的笔在哪儿吗?) <br />= I have no clue. <br />= No idea. <br />= It's all Greek to me.</p><p><strong>◎我怎么不知道。 I didn't know that. </strong><br />John got married last week. (约翰上星期结婚了。) <br />That's news to me. <br />*习惯用法。 <br />= I wasn't aware of that.</p><p><strong>◎不知道。/不太清楚。 I don't know. </strong><br />Do you know where she's from? (你知道她是从哪儿来的吗?) <br />= I have no idea.</p><p><strong>◎我不太清楚。 I don't know for sure. </strong><br />*for sure 有"确切地"、"毫无疑问地"的含意。 <br />Do you know the way to my house? (你认识去我家的路吗?) <br />= I don't know for certain. <br />= I'm not absolutely sure.</p><p><strong>◎谁也不知道确切的情况。 No one knows for sure. </strong><br />*这种说法与"who knows?"几乎相同，但因为有了for sure，所以句子含有知道得不确切，但也有各种各样的说法的语感。</p><p><strong>◎我怎么会知道? How should I know? </strong><br />*用于被问到"自己不可能知道"、"根本不知道"的问题时。根据说话的语气，有时会给人以不理睬对方、冷淡对方的语感。 <br />Is he married? (他结婚了吗?)</p><p><strong>◎谁能知道? Who knows? </strong><br />*该句有时让人听起来有些富有哲理。 <br />What is the meaning of life? (什么是人生?) <br />= Nobody knows. <br />= No way of knowing. <br />= There's no way of knowing. <br />= It's impossible to find out. <br /> </p>
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