途方に暮れる

とほうにくれる【途方に暮れる】

**lose

/lúːz/ |他|［be lost; ～ oneself］〔…で〕途方にくれる〔in〕

get lost

道に迷う；途方にくれる

*fog

|他|《略式》…を混乱［当惑］させる；［通例 be ～ged］(人が)混乱［当惑］する， 途方にくれる.

▲be ［feel］ perplexed at ［about］ the result 結果を聞いて途方にくれる

They were puzzled (to find) (that) he had left. b彼がもう去っていたので， 彼らは途方にくれた .

◇途方にくれた［て］

*lost

/lɔ́(ː)st/ 〖S〗 道に迷った；当惑した， 途方にくれた

at a loss

〖S〗〔…するのに/…に〕困って〔to do/for〕， 〔…していいか〕途方にくれて〔wh句・節〕

He was at a loss when to start. 彼はいつ発(^た)ってよいか途方にくれた(＝He did not know when he should start. )

at one's wits' ［wit's］ end ＝at the end of one's wits

《略式》思案にくれて；(万策つきて)ほとほと困っている.

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とほうにくれる【途方に暮れる】

be puzzled [perplexed] 《what to do》; be bewildered; be stumped; be nonplussed; be at a loss; be (all) at sea; be at one's wit's [wits'] end; be at the end of one's tether; be in a dilemma; do not know 《what to do, where to turn》; lose one's bearings.

●途方に暮れたような顔をして with a puzzled [confused, bewildered] look [expression on one's face]

・妻子を途方に暮れさせる drive one's wife and kids to distraction [their wits' end].

●母親に死なれて彼女は途方に暮れてしまった. With her mother gone, she felt entirely lost.

・2 人は宿が見つからず途方に暮れていた. The two of them couldn't find a place to stay and didn't know where to turn.