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第三人称单数:confuses
现在分词:confusing
过去式:confused
过去分词:confused
confusing (adj.), confusedly (adv.), confusedness (n.)
词根:confuse
adj.confused 困惑的;混乱的;糊涂的
confusing 混乱的;混淆的;令人困惑的
confusable 可能被混淆的;可能被弄糊涂的
adv.confusedly 混乱地;受困惑地;慌乱地
n.confusion 混淆,混乱;困惑
confusedness 混乱,慌乱
v.confused 困惑(confuse的过去式)
confusing 使迷惑;使混乱不清;使困窘(confuse的ing形式)
Verb
1. mistake one thing for another;
"you are confusing me with the other candidate"
"I mistook her for the secretary"
2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;
"These questions confuse even the experts"
"This question completely threw me"
"This question befuddled even the teacher"
3. cause to feel embarrassment;
"The constant attention of the young man confused her"
4. assemble without order or sense;
"She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"
5. make unclear or incomprehensible;
"The new tax return forms only confuse"
6. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;
"Her remarks confused the debate"
"Their words obnubilate their intentions"
confuse with混淆
这组词都有“迷惑”的意思,其区别是:
puzzlev.使迷惑,感到不解,强调不理解或解决不了。
Where the sunken treasure is puzzles explorers.沉没宝藏的下落令探险家们大惑不解。
bewilderv.使困惑,使茫然,强调非常困惑,通常表现为心理和智力的紊乱,语气最重。
He was fired without warning and is completely bewildered about the reason.他没有得到事先警告就被开除了,完全不明白是什么原因。
When the farmers visited the city for the first time, they were bewildered by its complicated traffic system.当这些农夫们第一次到城里的时候,他们对城市复杂的交通系统感到迷惑不解。
perplexv.使杂乱,使疑虑,使不安。
The new tax laws perplex me.新税收法律使我很费解。
confusev.一般用语,使混乱,使糊涂,强调因混淆而使人产生迷乱。
He sent the wrong reports because he confused them with other ones.他发错了报告,因为他把它们同另外一些报告混淆在一起了。
embarrassv.使窘迫,使为难,使困惑,有令人不快、难为情和内心混乱的意味。
Her boyfriend embarrassed her by teasing her about her new hairstyle in front of others.她的男友在别人面前嘲笑她的新发型,使她感到难堪。
以上来源于网络
这组词都有“使困惑、迷惑、糊涂、伤脑筋”的意思,其区别是:
puzzle侧重使人难于理解、困惑、伤脑筋。
confound常指人惊慌失措和狼狈不堪。
bewilder语气强烈,指因迷不解或惊愕而慌乱,不知所措,无法清醒地思考。
perplex除困惑外,还含焦虑或缺乏把握之意,因而难于作出决定,无从下手处理。
confuse语气较弱,指由于混淆、混乱而糊涂。
distract主要用于注意力分散、思想矛盾或过分激动时产生的昏乱。
embarrass常指因处境或困难问题而感到窘迫、局促不安或焦急而不知所措。
baffle语气最强,多指遇见奇怪情景或复杂困难情况时所产生的惶恐困惑心理。
以上来源于网络
“混合或混淆事物或思想,使元素无法区分”的字面意义可追溯至1550年代; 从18世纪中期开始,其在积极的比喻意义上指“使人困惑或思想混乱,使人感到不安”,但直到1800年后才开始普及。从1862年开始,其意义扩展为“错误地认为相同”。这些意义都是从其早期的同义词 confound(参见该词条)中演变而来。
过去分词 confused(参见该词条)的使用要早得多,可以追溯到中古英语时期(作为 confound 的另一种过去式),显然是法语 confus 或拉丁语 confusus 的改编,“加上本土的人称结尾-ED,而现在的词干则是更晚的推论”[OED]。相关词汇: Confusing。
使混乱,干扰
Middle English confusen, back-formation from confused "frustrated, ruined," participle based on Anglo-French confus, borrowed from Latin confūsus, past participle of confundere "to pour together, blend, bring into disorder, destroy, disconcert" — more at confound
The first known use of confuse was in the 14th century
consistentadjective
being in agreement or harmony
actions consistent with our policy
being unchanging in behavior or beliefs
a consistent supporter
consistverb
to be made up or composed coal consists mostly of carbon
breakfast consisted of cereal, milk, and fruit
considerateadjective
tending to consider things carefully
thoughtful of the rights and feelings of others
considerverb
to think about carefully
consider your options
to think about with the idea of taking some action
we are considering you for the job
to treat in a kind or thoughtful way
you never consider my feelings
to think of in a certain way
consider the price too high
conserve1 of 2verb
to keep in a safe or sound state
to avoid wasteful or destructive use of : use carefully conserve energy
conserve natural resources
to preserve with sugar
to keep (a quantity) constant during a process of change (as chemical change)
conserve2 of 2noun
a candied fruit
preserve entry 2 sense 1
consent1 of 2verb
to express willingness or approval : agree
consent2 of 2noun
approval of what is done or suggested
consciousadjective
aware of facts or feelings
was conscious of the cold
known or felt by one's inner self
conscious guilt
mentally alert or active
became conscious again
done with awareness or purpose
a conscious effort to improve
connectverb
to join or link together directly or by something coming between : unite the two bones connect at the elbow
towns connected by a railroad
to attach by personal relationship
connected by marriage
to bring together in thought
connect the smell of burning leaves with childhood
to be related
an event connected with our success
to establish a means of communication
connect to the Internet
congressnoun
a formal meeting of delegates for discussion and action
the chief lawmaking body of a nation and especially of a republic that in the U.S. is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives
an association of organizations having a common interest
confuseverb
to make mentally foggy or uncertain : perplex
the complicated problem confused us
to cause to be embarrassed or upset
to make unclear : blur
stop confusing the issue
to make disordered : jumble
the cords were all confused together
to fail to tell apart
teachers always confused the twins
1 Emma and Chess were still jumbled up on the floor, their faces stunned and confused.
2 Next day, on 12/10, Alex resumes quest for an opening to the sea, but only becomes more confused, traveling in circles.
3 He reached for the sugar shaker now, and I stood there feeling suddenly that the old man before me was not Brother Maceo at all, but someone else disguised to confuse me.
4 I used to be so confused that at a school all about social justice, there was still a lot of racism and sexism—and actually all kinds of-isms.
5 He looked at her, his eyes wild and confused.
6 The general was trying to confuse the enemy.
7 He was the first man I met of either color who did not confuse the popular image of the thing with the thing itself.
8 Now you are getting confused in the head, he thought.
9 But, with nothing to really cheer about, the noise quickly died and then there was a confused silence.
10 It held a kernel of something that was confusing for both of us.
11 Translations just confuse it, dilute it, like words going from Spanish to English.
12 Don't confuse liberty with license.
不要把自由与放纵混为一谈。
13 But now Hideo is before me, exposing some fragile, inner working of his heart, and I’m sitting here and staring back, flustered and confused.
14 Just as gratefulness was confused in my mind with love, so possession became mixed up with motherhood.
15 A while later a knock on the door prompts me to bolt upright, confused.
16 I looked at her, confused, and she sighed.
17 As they jostled their way through a crowd of confused Hufflepuffs, Harry suddenly grabbed Ron’s arm.
18 I was very confused about why the window was set up in such a way that the human connection was lost between the interviewer and the interviewee.
19 So they try to destroy the stories let the stories be confused or forgotten.
20 My experience is that people often confuse tall with tough.
2 狼狈
confused streaked rattled confounded panic-stricken helter-skelter confusion pucker perturbation faze bewilder discomfit nonplus spifflicate upset dash rattle confound perplex flummox spiflicate
3 误认
4 使陷入混乱
5 使迷惑
fox confound mystify bamboozle maze cloud puzzle distract fog Wilder nonplus befog disorientate bewilder get
6 年老糊涂的
7 把…弄糊涂
8 困扰
bothersome aggrieved ruffle exercise worry upset distress disturb gravel harass badger weary obsess besiege beset pother hagride
9 陷入混乱
10 把弄糊涂
11 为难
15 使困窘
16 使困惑
get throw distract gravel stump baffle buffalo dizzy confound perplex bewilder Wilder bemuse discombobulate befog tie in knots boggle flummox floor embarrass discomfit exercise fog fox lick stagger tangle take aback be hung up puzzle unsettle vex disconcert stick beat pose devastate obfuscate bamboozle knock sideways throw sideways
17 使混淆
18 难懂
difficult complex complicated dense elusive inaccessible esoteric indigestible indecipherable abstruse
19 混乱
shambolic haywire mixed-up ragtime rough tumultuous hazy disorderly woolly indiscriminate untidy turbid untuned hugger-mugger adrift pell-mell balls-up cock-up ruction snarl-up shambles screw-up tracasserie disorder shock dust pie confusion chaos distraction rout tumble turmoil mayhem turbulence huddle anarchy ruffle commotion jumble broil snarl tumult mix-up perturbation upturn snafu perplexity hubbub pandemonium brouhaha kerfuffle anomie foul-up fuddle shemozzle mêlée discombobulate involve devastate confound entangle obfuscate perturb disjoint bedevil unstring mess tangle whirl muddle ravel make hay of out of joint crap confused chaotic turbulent rowdy muddled helter-skelter Rafferty's rules upset melee havoc entropy dislocation disarray botch bewilderment tailspin babel put out of joint involved complicated disrupt muddy upside-down unsettling perplexed vexatious rough-and-tumble addled confounded mazy rhapsodic addle flurried ataxic mussy jumbly rhapsodical tumultuary spiflicated out ravelment mix shine coil hurry riot clutter pickle spaghetti to-do puddle whirlpool flurry mull entanglement crisscross skein cobweb faze turbidity promiscuity ataxia fluster derange disorganization muss swelter welter muddiness disarrange razzle-dazzle dishabille higgledy-piggledy embarras moil deray exorbitance bouleversement topsyturvy stirabout turbidness spifflicate puzzle complicate torment perplex embroil dislocate disorganize becloud moider spiflicate mess-up hog wild cock-a-hoop hirdie-girdie fouled-up dizzy tangled drowning foggy disturbed shaggy deranged unstuck hurried non-operational snarly hurly-burly tangly raddled untogether wuzzy farmisht farblonjet drumly throughither muck-up ballup fubb fumtu hash-up do smoke pi jungle hassle disruption scramble swirl hustle maze twine smother dither tousle topsy-turvy fubar involution Mess-up unreason throe bollix cockup swither mullock ataxy piss-up hurry-scurry schemozzle wander twist amuse bugger denigrate roil disorient ballocks mux disrupture ensnarl embrangle in a spin stand on its head throw out of gear ball up in a fog make work disordered jumbled shapeless rafferty perturbative mussily chaotically confusedly betanglement tohubohu Babelization dispeace ball-up babelism complication litter abyss derangement demoralization disorganisation embroilment disorderliness disarrangement bedevilment topsyturviness bazodee spin shake unsettle demoralize balls discomfit garble bemuse off the rails printer's pie in disorder in a whirl go haywire in confusion
21 使更复杂
23 使混乱
discombobulate disorder devastate entangle obfuscate perturb disjoint bedevil unstring mess tangle jumble muddle snarl ravel make hay of spifflicate puzzle disrupt complicate torment flurry confound perplex embroil dislocate disorganize snafu muss razzle-dazzle becloud moider spiflicate twist clutter turmoil puddle amuse bugger denigrate derange roil disorient kerfuffle ballocks fuddle mux disrupture ensnarl embrangle stand on its head throw out of gear ball up make work perturbative bazodee shake unsettle disarray demoralize tousle discomfit garble bemuse
24 混淆
confusion katzenjammer confound jumble obfuscate macaronic cock-up disarrange becloud get knickers in a twist bedevil muddle up cloud muddle obscure mix up promiscuity indiscrimination mix wuzzle garble jumble up
25 困窘
28 迷惑
mystification fox captivate confound mystify bamboozle bewilder in a fog lose cloud mesmerize deurmekaar confused get dwaal puzzle perplex bewitch befog
29 困惑
dizzy distraction fog tangle daze quandary perplexity swither boggle flummox discombobulate floor throw distract gravel baffle evade embarrass confound perplex discomfit get exercise labour fox lick stump stagger take aback be hung up tie in knots in a fog messed up muddled distracted conflicted confusion puzzlement obfuscate mystify tie up in knots at sea cloudy puzzled hazy distraught bewildered unsettled bemused perplexed vexed disconcerted bewilderment vexation puzzle unsettle vex disconcert all at sea in a tizzy in a stew at a loss worried quizzical confounded bushed bemusedly disconcertedly bepuzzlement embarrassment delusion bemusement bafflement mystification bedevilment stick bemuddle beat pose devastate buffalo bamboozle bemuse befog up a stump knock sideways throw sideways
30 使窘迫
31 含混不清
32 打乱
37 糊涂
stupid confused mixed up muddled bemused bumbling befuddled batty punch-drunk confusion silliness fuddle obfuscate bewilder addle half-arsed vague fuzzy woolly addled ditzy gaga muddle-headed stupidity muddle mystify flummox tie in knots tie up in knots tie yourself in knots tie yourself up in knots woolly-headed beetle-headed mad fluffy clouded sottish woolly-minded anile pinheaded bother haze bedevil mizzle becloud besot muddle-headedness
39 错认
40 复杂化
41 局促不安
44 使复杂化