貓抓住你舌頭了嗎？表達(dá)不說(shuō)話，啞口無(wú)言。I have asked you many times.Has thecat got your tongue?譯：我已經(jīng)問(wèn)了你好多遍了。你怎么不說(shuō)話？

例如：

Speak up boy or cat got your tongue?

伙計(jì)，怎么不大聲說(shuō)了，還是你啞口無(wú)言了?

解析：短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞 speak up 是不及物動(dòng)詞，意為“大聲說(shuō)話”，后面接 for sb/sth 意為“明確表態(tài);(尤指為…)說(shuō)好話，辯護(hù)”，例如：

She has often spoken up for the rights of working mothers.

她經(jīng)常為職業(yè)母親的權(quán)利辯護(hù)。

Amanda grew so quiet during the heated argument that I was forced to ask her "Cat got your tongue?"

在激烈的爭(zhēng)論中，阿曼達(dá)變得沉默了，我被迫問(wèn)她“無(wú)言以對(duì)了吧?”

解析：so … that 引導(dǎo)的結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)從句。

The shy boy was afraid to speak up and his mates kept asking him "Cat got your tongue?"

這個(gè)害羞的男孩不敢開(kāi)口說(shuō)話，他的伙伴們一直問(wèn)他：“無(wú)言以對(duì)了吧?”

Are you dumb or cat got your tongue?

你是啞巴了還是無(wú)言以對(duì)了?