不是没有答案
“Not because I don't have one.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我没有回答
“I didn't answer.”
不是没有 答案
“Not because I don't have one.”
是…
“It's just…”
“I knew what to say, but I couldn't bring myself to say it.”
In personal matters, speakers often use double negatives or indirect phrasing to gradually reveal painful truths rather than stating them bluntly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is not that there isn't / not lacking
A double negative used to soften an admission or clarify that the absence of something is not the real issue.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“do you have an answer now?”
“I want an answer.”
“don't have standard answers.”
“This is not the answer I want!”
“This isn't the answer I want.”
“Can't answer that, huh?”