凱瑟琳升職記:化解質疑之我拿他沒辦法了

【情景再現】

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公司來了一位新員工，平時看着挺聰明，可一到工作上就變得一塌糊塗，錯誤百出。Catherine已經跟他說過多次了，但就是沒有改進。與同事說起此事，Catherine不禁嘆氣說：I'm at my wit's end with him.

【小編的小喇叭】

I'm at my wit's end with him.我拿他沒辦法了。

wit意爲“領悟力，智力”，at one's wit's end字面意思爲“處在智力的末端了”，引申義即“智窮計盡，沒有辦法了”。而要表示對某人或某事物沒有辦法時，則要後接介詞with，即at one's wit's end with sb.。例如：I'm at my wit's end with this problem.我對這個問題真是束手無策。

【英語情景劇】

Catherine: Tom's work is a real mess. I've talked with him about it so many times.
凱瑟琳：湯姆的工作真是一塌糊塗，我跟他談過好多次了。

Jane: You are right. I‘d been at my wit's end with him when he was in my department.
簡：不錯，他在我們部門時我都拿他沒辦法了。