每天三分钟学英语 第496期:英文"无语"怎么说?当你被"难住了"要如何表达?

Stumped¹ 

把某人难住

不知道怎么解决问题/如何做某事

不知怎么回答某个问题/感到迷惑

Question 42 has me a stumped. I don't know what the answer could be.

42题把我难住了。我不知道答案会是什么。

We've been stumped all day on how to do the client's new marketing² campaign.

如何进行客户新一轮的市场营销难了我们一整天。

Don't have a clue

毫无头绪

have no idea

I don't have a clue on what you want me to do. You say you want me to come over then you say you hate me.

我对于你想让我做什么毫无头绪。你让我来，然后又说你恨我。

We have no clue how this could happened.

我们也不确定这事儿怎么就发生了。

I have no idea how this could happened.

我完全不明白这事怎么发生的。

At a loss

很迷茫/不确定

We are at a loss for how this could have happened. There's no explanation.

我们也不确定这事儿怎么就发生了。一个解释都没有。

At a loss for words

太惊讶以致于不知道说什么

have no words

So you're telling me she has a dog and a cat in her apartment, but at the same time she says she hates animals. I'm at a loss for words.

所以你是说她家里有一猫一狗，但同时她又说她讨厌动物。我无语了。

Left speechless

无语，惊呆

She left the room speechless when she punched Gary in the mouth.

当她对着Gary的嘴打完一拳之后，屋里人都惊呆了。

1 stumped   

僵直地行走，跺步行走( stump的过去式和过去分词 )； 把（某人）难住； 使为难； （选举前）在某一地区作政治性巡回演说

参考例句：

• Jack huffed himself up and stumped out of the room. 杰克气喘吁吁地干完活，然后很艰难地走出房间。
• He was stumped by the questions and remained tongue-tied for a good while. 他被问得张口结舌，半天说不出话来。

2 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。