汉英词典
MEANING OF 一竅不通
一竅不通
(一窍不通)
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
窍 Hole / No one is connected / I don't understand the metaphor at all
相传商纣王荒淫无道，皇叔比干强谏，纣王发怒说吾闻圣人心有七窍。”乃杀比干而视其心。孔子听后说其窍通则比干不死矣。”见《吕氏春秋·过理》、《史记·殷本纪》。按古谓圣人心有七窍，而孔子以纣王为一窍不通之人◇以一窍不通”比喻什么都不懂。
| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
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她对人事管理一窍不通。 She's hopeless at managing people. | ||
我对理科一窍不通。 I'm hopeless at science. | ||
其一，奥巴马对商业一窍不通。 The first is that Obama is clueless about business. | ||
历史是他一窍不通的科目之一。 History is one of his blind spots. | ||
广东话我一窍不通，中文也只识得少许。 I did not know Cantonese at all and knew Mandarin only a little. | ||
他假惺惺地评论说自己对战略一窍不通。 He disingenuously remarked that he knew nothing about strategy. | ||
公主对生火做饭一窍不通，叫花子不得不帮助她。 The princess knew nothing of making fires and cooking, and the fiddler was forced to help her. | ||
