It's not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers.

这样的问题时，她感到有点困惑。设想物体、判断数的能力如何使一个人能够回答难倒了一些最杰出的诗人和哲学家的问题，这可并不那么显而易见。

It was a puzzle that stumped the world's most famous biologist.

这一个谜，难倒了世界上最著名的生物学家。

This problem troubled Archimedes. How could he learn if the crown was pure gold?

这个问题难倒了阿基米德。他怎么能知道王冠否纯金的呢？

Is it like groundnut or rapeseed or something seedy, something, this is really bothering me.

不像花生、菜籽或者菜籽什么的，这真的难倒我了。

Have fables fallen so out of fashion that the princesses have to do everything themselves?

难倒童话现在已经如此落伍，公主们必须要亲力亲为?

See now, this might trip you up if you don't know.

看，如果你不知道，这可能会难倒你。

And there are also lots of things about tongue twisters that can still stump scientists.

有很多关于绕口令的事情仍然难倒科学家。

I can't tell if she's angry or happy.

难倒我了。我不知道她生高兴。

Wow, I'd love to see your laugh. - Well then, do something fun, Bryan. -I...you got me there, I got nothing funny. You can't just laugh as I command?

喔，我想看看你笑。好吧，布莱恩，那你做点儿好笑的事。－我...你难倒我了，我没啥好笑的。你能不能就照我说的笑一个看看呗？

So what does it take to design a puzzle that can outsmart a bot but still be solved by any human?

那么，设计一个能难倒机器人但仍能被任何人类解决的难题需要什么？

Maybe you don't have an object, I was going to see if you had anything that you thought could stump me?

也许你没有这类实物，但我想看看你有没有什么东西能难倒我？

And as a serious adult man, he was caught out by some questions such as what is your favorite wild animal.

作为一个严谨的成年人，他被一些问题难倒了，比如你最喜欢的野生动物什么。

But every now and then, Joe records a night call that stumps him and the members of the Facebook group.

但时不时地，乔会录制一个夜间鸣叫，把他和 Facebook 群组的成员们难倒。

Beats me. Now... I know Hawking's not busy because I can see he's playing other people right now.

这难倒我了，现在...我知道霍金根本没在忙因为我能看到他在跟其他人玩呢。

Now, the last one, I think is a lot of my students have struggled with this one.

最后一个，我相信我的很多学生都被它难倒了。

You would never be able to learn how to beat it to be honest with you.

跟你说实话，你不可能弄得懂怎么难倒它。

With this technology, it's difficult to learn how to beat it.

有这项技术在，你很难弄懂怎么难倒它。

Nothing was too difficult for Uncle Sam's mail, and many brave men gave their lives for it.

没有什么可以难倒山姆大叔的邮递，许多勇敢的人为此付出了生命。

Well, you've got me there, Rob.

你把我难倒了。

Her eccentric detectives, clever clues, and simplified suspects form a blueprint that has stumped countless readers.

在她笔下，那些性格古怪的侦探， 设计巧妙的线索，形象简单的嫌疑犯构成了一张难倒无数读者的蓝图。