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词汇 be out of your depth
释义
be out of your depth
  1. (British English) to be in water that is too deep to stand in with your head above water在水深没顶(或够不着底)的地方
    • If you can't swim, don't go out of your depth.你若不会游泳,别走入水深过头的地方.
    • I don't like going out of my depth in the sea.我不喜欢到海中水深没顶的深处。
  2. to be unable to understand something because it is too difficult; to be in a situation that you cannot control非某人所能理解;为某人力所不及
    • He felt totally out of his depth in his new job.他感到自己根本不能胜任这新工作。
    • The writer seems a little out of her depth when dealing with the emotional issue involved.在处理所涉及到的情感问题时这位女作家显得有点儿力不从心。
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