表达”不知所措“可以用 confused，还可以用一个习语

英语习语丰富多彩，用好了锦上添花，用错了画蛇添足。有的习语有双重用法，表面意思可以用，还有寓意；有的习语只有寓意。除非是学习过或是见过，否则那些意思奇怪的或不符合常理的都是习语，要靠日常的点滴积累。

表达“不知所措”，可以使用单词 confused，例如：

People are confused about all the different labels on food these days.

人们如今被那些五花八门的食物标签搞得稀里糊涂。

解析：these days 在句中作状语，译为“如今，近来”。

He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions.

他非常苦恼而困惑，无法回答他们的问题。

还可以用一个习语 in a fog/in a haze，它的字面意思是“在雾里”，用来比喻精神不在状态或对某事捉摸不透，可以译为“一头雾水，困惑不解，迷糊，茫然不知所措”等等，例如：

in a fog:

Jane always seems to be in a fog.

简似乎总是一头雾水。

I always feel like I'm in a fog when I take that medication. It's like it's hard for me to think.

我吃那种药的时候总觉得有点迷糊。我觉得很难思考。

His mind was in a fog when he finally got up.

他终于起床了，头脑一片混沌。

History is a subject which I hate to study. So whenever I sit in history class, I am in a fog.

我讨厌学习历史。所以无论什么时候我上历史课，我总是茫然不知所措。

I didn't vote for Alice because she always seems to be in a fog.

我没有投爱丽丝的票，因为她似乎总是茫然不知所措。

in a haze:

Millie always seems to be in a haze; she never knows what's going on.

米莉似乎总是神志不清，她从来不知道发生了什么事。

I was so upset for two days that I went around in a haze, not even answering when people spoke to me.

两天来我都很不安，不知所措，别人跟我说话的时候，我甚至都不回答。