英语习语丰富多彩,用好了锦上添花,用错了画蛇添足。有的习语有双重用法,表面意思可以用,还有寓意;有的习语只有寓意。除非是学习过或是见过,否则那些意思奇怪的或不符合常理的都是习语,要靠日常的点滴积累。 表达“不知所措”,可以使用单词 confused,例如: People are confused about all the different labels on food these days.人们如今被那些五花八门的食物标签搞得稀里糊涂。 解析:these days 在句中作状语,译为“如今,近来”。 He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑,无法回答他们的问题。
还可以用一个习语 in a fog/in a haze,它的字面意思是“在雾里”,用来比喻精神不在状态或对某事捉摸不透,可以译为“一头雾水,困惑不解,迷糊,茫然不知所措”等等,例如: in a fog: Jane always seems to be in a fog.简似乎总是一头雾水。 I always feel like I'm in a fog when I take that medication. It's like it's hard for me to think.我吃那种药的时候总觉得有点迷糊。我觉得很难思考。 His mind was in a fog when he finally got up. 他终于起床了,头脑一片混沌。 History is a subject which I hate to study. So whenever I sit in history class, I am in a fog.我讨厌学习历史。所以无论什么时候我上历史课,我总是茫然不知所措。 I didn't vote for Alice because she always seems to be in a fog.我没有投爱丽丝的票,因为她似乎总是茫然不知所措。 in a haze: Millie always seems to be in a haze; she never knows what's going on.米莉似乎总是神志不清,她从来不知道发生了什么事。 I was so upset for two days that I went around in a haze, not even answering when people spoke to me.两天来我都很不安,不知所措,别人跟我说话的时候,我甚至都不回答。