英语口语8000句随意的谈话：不明白，不知道

● 不明白、不知道,我不明白。

I don't understand.

I can't tell you. (我不能告诉你。)

I don't understand. (我不知道是什么事。)

I'm not following.

I don't get it. *比较随便的说法。

I'm confused.

I get it. /I understand. (明白了。),我不太明白。

I don't really understand.

I don't understand very well.,我不清楚。

That's not clear. *不清楚对方所说的事情时。

So, was he the thief? (这么说，他是个小偷?)

That's not clear. (那不太清楚。),我不明白你在说什么。

I can't see your point. *表示“我不同意你所说的，我不明白你为什么会这样说”。

We should do this first. (我们首先应该做这个。)

I can't see your point. (我不明白你在说什么。)

I don't see where you're ing from.

I don't see your point.,我不明白你的意思。

I can't understand what you mean.

I can't see what you mean.

I don't understand what you're trying to say.

I don't get your drift.,我弄不清楚你想说什么。

I'm not sure what you mean.

That's how you do it. (所以应该这样做呀。)

I'm not sure what you mean. (我弄不清楚你想说什么。)

I'm not sure I understand.

I'm not sure I see what you mean.

I don't know if I understand what you're trying to say.,我根本不知道这是怎么回事。

I don't know what's what. *what's what 是what is what的缩略形式，直译为“什么是什么”。

I don't have any idea what's going on.

I don't know anything anymore.,太难了，我弄不懂。

It's over my head. *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。

, that's the way to use puters. (总之，电脑是这样使用的。)

It's over my head. (太难了，我弄不懂。)

It's beyond me.,我也搞不清楚。

Your guess is as good as mine. *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”。

How many people live in this town? (这个镇上住了多少人?)

Your guess is as good as mine. (我也不清楚。),越想越糊涂。

The more I think about it, the less I understand it. *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……。,我不知道他要干什么。

I don't know what he is driving at. *drive at... “打算做……”。

I don't know what he intends.

I don't know what he is getting at.

I don't know what he is trying to do.

It's not clear. (我不清楚。)

That's unclear.

That's clear. (那很清楚了。),她到底想干什么?

What's she after?

What's she after? (她到底想干什么?)

I'm not sure. (我不清楚。)

What's her game?,我一点儿都不知道。

I have no idea.

Do you know where my pen is? (你知道我的笔在哪儿吗?)

I have no idea. (我一点儿都不知道。)

I have no clue.

No idea.

It's all Greek to me.,我怎么不知道。

I didn't know that.

John got married last week. (约翰上星期结婚了。)

I didn't know that. (我怎么不知道。)

That's news to me. *习惯用法。

I wasn't aware of that.,不知道。/不太清楚。

I don't know.

Do you know where she's from? (你知道她是从哪儿来的吗?)

I don't know. (不知道。/不太清楚。)

I have no idea.,我不太清楚。

I don't know for sure. *for sure 有“确切地”、“毫无疑问地”的含意。

Do you know the way to my house? (你认识去我家的路吗?)

I don't know for sure. (我不太清楚。)

I don't know for certain.

I'm not absolutely sure.,谁也不知道确切的情况。

No one knows for sure. *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。,我怎么会知道?

How should I know? *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。

Is he married? (他结婚了吗?)

How should I know? (我怎么会知道?),谁能知道?

Who knows? *该句有时让人听起来有些富有哲理。

What is the meaning of life? (什么是人生?)

Who knows? (谁能知道?)

Nobody knows.

No way of knowing.

There's no way of knowing.

It's impossible to find out.