英语口语练习小对话 第754期:智穷计尽,束手无策

英语口语练习小对话 第754期:智穷计尽,束手无策  

Subject：I am at my wits with him.,迷你对话,A: How is your negotiation with the customer?,你和顾客的谈判进展如何呢？,B: He just said one word “no” without any reason. I am at my wits with him.,他只说一个“不”字，却没说任何理由。我真是拿他没办法了。,地道表达,at one’s wits,1. 解释,At one’s wits中的wit是指“领悟力，智力，理解力”。此语的字面意思是“处在某人智力的末端”，也就说某人“智穷计尽，没有办法”了。表示对某事或某人束手无策，拿某人或某事没有办法了，在段语的后面用介词“with”，即：at one’s wits with sb. /sth.,2. 例句,e.g. I'm at my wits' end worrying about how to pay the bills.,我怎样付清这些帐, 完全没有主意。,e.g. I am at my wits' end to know what to do with my son.,我真不知对我儿子该怎么办才好。,e.g. He seemed to be at his wits end with those ticklish questions.,面对那些棘手的问题他也显得束手无策了。,e.g. My boy is such a mischief maker, I am at my wits end with him.,我的儿子是个捣蛋鬼,我真拿他没办法。,Ps 1：表示询问某人做某事进展如何，可以用这个句型：How is sth. with sb.? 例如：,How is your heArt-to-heart talk with your girlfriend.,你和你女友的交心话谈得如何呢？,Ps 2：without any reason的意思是“毫无理由，毫无缘由，无缘无故”。例如：,They tore up the agreement without any reason.,他们无缘无故地取消了那份协议。,David looked at Arthur and, without any reason, he felt a strange sympathy for the boy.,大卫望着阿瑟，不知为了什么他对这个孩子产生了莫名其妙的同情。