| 单词 | I don't know |
| 释义 | I don't knowI don't know 1 a) NOT KNOWused to say that you do not have the answer to a question 我不知道，我不清楚〔表示不知道问题的答案〕 ‘When did they arrive?’ ‘I don’t know.’ “他们是什么时候到的？”“我不知道。” b) SUREused when you are not sure about something 我不清楚，我不敢确定 ‘How old do you think he is?’ ‘Oh, I don’t know – sixty, seventy?’ “你觉得他有多大年纪？”“哦，我不清楚。 60，70？” I don’t know what/how/whether etc I don’t know whether to call him. 我拿不定主意是否要给他打电话。 I don’t know that I don’t know that you need a passport for travelling within the EU. 我不能肯定你在欧盟国家范围内旅行要不要护照。 c) DISAGREEused to show that you disagree slightly with what has just been said 我倒不这么认为〔表示不大同意别人说的话〕 ‘I couldn’t live there.’ ‘Oh, I don’t know. It might not be so bad.’ “我没法在那里生活。”“噢，我倒不这么认为，可能没那么糟吧。” d) ANNOY British EnglishBrE used to show that you are slightly annoyed 真想不到〔表示有点不高兴〕 Oh, I don’t know! You’re hopeless! 唉，真是的！ 你无药可救了！ Examples from the Corpus I don’t know• "Where's the nearest restroom?" "I don't know."• "I couldn't live there.'' "Oh, I don't know. It might not be so bad.''• Oh, I don't know, we could meet at 3 or 4 o'clock. → I don’t know at know1(SPOKEN SECT) 2 CRITICIZEused to criticize someone 真想不到怎么/为什么等〔用于批评某人〕 I don’t know how people could keep an animal in those conditions. 我真想不到怎么会有人把动物养在那样的环境里。 → I don’t know how/why etc at know1(SPOKEN SECT) |
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