在非正式场合的口语中，特别是年轻人喜欢用这些话来搪塞他们的家长：
1Dunno
( "布吉岛"，不知道 )
例：" When do you have to submit this essay? "
" Dunno. I can ’ t remember. "
如果你手头没有任何信息或者你猜不透问题的答案，就这么说：
2 I have no idea.
( 我没头绪，我不清楚 )
例：" What time does the film start? "
" I have no idea. Why don ’ t you call the cinema? "
有时候，我们难免遇到一些很烦人的问题或提问者，如果你对这些感到厌烦，就可以这样说话，显示你已经没耐心了：
3How should I know?
( 我怎么可能知道 ? 搞得好像我就应该知道一样。 )
例：You ask me where your pen is, how should I know?
4Don ’ t ask me.
( 别再问我了，我根本不知道 )
例：" What time did she say she was catching her train? "
" Don ’ t ask me. I ’ m always the last to know. "
5Search me
( 你怎么样都不可能在我身上找到答案，尽管问吧，我不知道 )
例：" Why didn ’ t he ask you for the keys? " " Search me. I ’ m not a mind reader "
如果别人问你的问题太难了，你觉得根本就不可能会有人知道，就可以用这 2 种说法：
6Who knows?
( 谁知道，天知道 )
例：" Will they ever find the missing aircraft? " " Who knows? The search been going on for such a long time now. "
7 It ’ s anyone ’ s guess
( 大家都在猜，所以没人知道 )
例：How will the situation develop from here? It's anyone ’ s guess.
如果别人问你某件事，而你也恰好对这件事知之甚少，或许抱有同样的疑问，就可以说：
8Your guess is as good as mine.
( 我和你一样不知道，简单说就是我也不知道 )
例：" Do you think we will be able to book the restaurant for Friday? "
" Your guess is as good as mine. "
有时，问题的答案或许是所想的那样，但是你又没有足够的依据和信息来判断是否如此，就可以说：
9 Not as far as I know.
( 这超出我的了解范围了，我不太清楚 )
例：" Has Clive left the company? I haven ’ t seen him for ages. "
" Not as far as I know, but I haven ’ t seen him recently either. "
在非正式的场合，如果你想回答一个问题却回答不了，可以用这种常见的说法回答别人：
10It beats me.
( 这真是难倒我了，我答不上来 )
例：" Why did he do such a stupid thing? "
“It beats me”
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