凯瑟琳升职记:化解质疑之我拿他没办法了

【情景再现】

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公司来了一位新员工，平时看着挺聪明，可一到工作上就变得一塌糊涂，错误百出。Catherine已经跟他说过多次了，但就是没有改进。与同事说起此事，Catherine不禁叹气说：I'm at my wit's end with him.

【小编的小喇叭】

I'm at my wit's end with him.我拿他没办法了。

wit意为“领悟力，智力”，at one's wit's end字面意思为“处在智力的末端了”，引申义即“智穷计尽，没有办法了”。而要表示对某人或某事物没有办法时，则要后接介词with，即at one's wit's end with sb.。例如：I'm at my wit's end with this problem.我对这个问题真是束手无策。

【英语情景剧】

Catherine: Tom's work is a real mess. I've talked with him about it so many times.
凯瑟琳：汤姆的工作真是一塌糊涂，我跟他谈过好多次了。

Jane: You are right. I‘d been at my wit's end with him when he was in my department.
简：不错，他在我们部门时我都拿他没办法了。