hurts my feelings
「hurt」是 傷害,「feelings」是感覺,「hurts my feelings」是傷感情,例如:
It hurts our feelings when the customer distrusts us.(無法取得顧客的信任,會讓我們感覺很受傷。)
She often hurts my feelings on purpose.(她經常蓄意傷害我的感情。)
It hurts my feelings when you deny their suggestion, and yet want me to acknowledge yours.(你否定他們的建議,卻又要我接受你的,這樣讓我心裡很難受。)
flummox
「flummox」是造成困惑、慌亂,例如:
This complex lesson in economics may flummox several of the beginning students.(這門複雜的經濟學,可能會造成很多初學者頭腦打結。)
I was flummoxed by her question.(她的問題把我弄糊塗了。)
The two new leaders were flummoxed by all those suggestions.(兩個新來的領隊,被這一大堆的建議搞暈了。)