Subject：I am at my wits with him.

迷你對話

A: How is your negotiation with the customer?

你和顧客的談判進(jìn)展如何呢？

B: He just said one word “no” without any reason. I am at my wits with him.

他只說一個“不”字，卻沒說任何理由。我真是拿他沒辦法了。

地道表達(dá)

at one’s wits

1. 解詞釋義

At one’s wits中的wit是指“領(lǐng)悟力，智力，理解力”。此語的字面意思是“處在某人智力的末端”，也就說某人“智窮計盡，沒有辦法”了。表示對某事或某人束手無策，拿某人或某事沒有辦法了，在段語的后面用介詞“with”，即：at one’s wits with sb. /sth.

2. 拓展例句

e.g. I'm at my wits' end worrying about how to pay the bills.

我怎樣付清這些帳, 完全沒有主意。

e.g. I am at my wits' end to know what to do with my son.

我真不知對我兒子該怎么辦才好。

e.g. He seemed to be at his wits end with those ticklish questions.

面對那些棘手的問題他也顯得束手無策了。

e.g. My boy is such a mischief maker, I am at my wits end with him.

我的兒子是個搗蛋鬼,我真拿他沒辦法。

Ps 1：表示詢問某人做某事進(jìn)展如何，可以用這個句型：How is sth. with sb.? 例如：

How is your heart-to-heart talk with your girlfriend.

你和你女友的交心話談得如何呢？

Ps 2：without any reason的意思是“毫無理由，毫無緣由，無緣無故”。例如：

They tore up the agreement without any reason.

他們無緣無故地取消了那份協(xié)議。

David looked at Arthur and, without any reason, he felt a strange sympathy for the boy.

大衛(wèi)望著阿瑟，不知為了什么他對這個孩子產(chǎn)生了莫名其妙的同情。