英:[pəˈpleks]
美:[pərˈpleks]
英:[pəˈpleks]
美:[pərˈpleks]
per·plex
pr pleks
第三人称单数:perplexes
现在分词:perplexing
过去式:perplexed
过去分词:perplexed
perplexingly (adv.), perplexer (n.)
词根:perplex
adj.perplexing 复杂的,令人费解的;令人困惑的
perplexed 困惑的;不知所措的
adv.perplexedly 为难地;困窘地
n.perplexity 困惑;混乱
transitive verb
to puzzle, confuse, or cause uncertainty in the mind of (a person).The complicated instructions were no help at all; in fact, they only perplexed us.His current attitude perplexed her in light of the things he'd said earlier.It perplexed me that she would say such a strange thing, especially to my mother.[it + verb + smby + that + clause]It always perplexes him when he suddenly forgets what he was going to do or say.[it + verb + smby + when + clause]
to complicate or confuse (a subject or situation).The division of the rebels into factions only perplexed the situation in the war-torn nation.
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
1590年代,“使困惑,使迷惑,使不确定”,显然是从 perplexed 衍生而来的,这是 perplex(14世纪后期)的变体,意为“困惑的,迷惑的,困惑的”,源自拉丁语 perplexus “涉及,混淆,复杂”; 但拉丁语没有相应的动词 *perplectere。拉丁语的复合词将是 per “通过”(来自 PIE 根 *per-(1)“向前”,因此“通过”)+ plexus “纠缠”, plectere 的过去分词“编织,编织,折叠”(来自 PIE 根 *plek- “编织”)。
英语形容词的形式开始在15世纪末转变为 perplexed,可能是为了符合其他过去分词形容词的规范,而形容词 perplex 从17世纪开始就已经过时了。这个动词是该组中最晚被记录的。 “使复杂,涉及,纠缠,使难以理解”的意义来自1610年代。相关: Perplexing,这很好地描述了这个词的历史; perplexingly。
obsolete perplex, adjective, involved, perplexed, from Latin perplexus, from per- thoroughly + plexus involved, from past participle of plectere to braid, twine — more at per-, ply
The first known use of perplex was in the 15th century
picture1 of 2noun
a design or image made on a surface (as by painting, drawing, or photography)
a clear description in words
the book gives us a picture of another way of life
a mental image : idea
do you get the picture?
a particular combination of circumstances : situation
an improvement of the economic picture
an exact likeness : copy
a perfect symbol of something : embodiment
the picture of health
an image on a screen
motion picture
picture2 of 2verb
to draw or paint a picture of : depict
to describe vividly
to form a mental image of : imagine
pick1 of 3verb
to strike, pierce, or break up with a pointed tool
to remove matter from bit by bit by or as if by plucking
picked the bone clean
to gather by plucking
pick berries
to pluck with a pick or with the fingers
pick a guitar
select entry 1, choose
pick out a dress
to make (one's way) slowly and carefully
picked their way through the rubble
to steal or pilfer from
pick pockets
to start (a fight) with someone else deliberately
to dig at or into : probe
picking his teeth
to eat sparingly or in a finicky manner
picked at her dinner
to unlock without a key
pick a lock
pick2 of 3noun
a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument
the act or opportunity of choosing : choice
take your pick
the best or choicest one or portion
took only the pick of the crop
one that is picked
his pick for vice president
pick3 of 3noun
a heavy tool with a wooden handle and a blade pointed at one or both ends used especially to loosen or break up soil or rock
a slender pointed instrument
ice pick
a small thin piece of metal or plastic used to pluck a stringed instrument
a comb with long widely spaced teeth used in grooming hair
pickedadjective
selected as being the best available
a picked crew
pick1 of 3verb
to strike, pierce, or break up with a pointed tool
to remove matter from bit by bit by or as if by plucking
picked the bone clean
to gather by plucking
pick berries
to pluck with a pick or with the fingers
pick a guitar
select entry 1, choose
pick out a dress
to make (one's way) slowly and carefully
picked their way through the rubble
to steal or pilfer from
pick pockets
to start (a fight) with someone else deliberately
to dig at or into : probe
picking his teeth
to eat sparingly or in a finicky manner
picked at her dinner
to unlock without a key
pick a lock
pick2 of 3noun
a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument
the act or opportunity of choosing : choice
take your pick
the best or choicest one or portion
took only the pick of the crop
one that is picked
his pick for vice president
pick3 of 3noun
a heavy tool with a wooden handle and a blade pointed at one or both ends used especially to loosen or break up soil or rock
a slender pointed instrument
ice pick
a small thin piece of metal or plastic used to pluck a stringed instrument
a comb with long widely spaced teeth used in grooming hair
philosophynoun
the study of the basic ideas about knowledge, truth, right and wrong, religion, and the nature and meaning of life
the philosophical teachings or principles of a person or group
Greek philosophy
the general principles of a field of study or activity
the philosophy of history
someone's basic beliefs about the way people should live
persuadeverb
to win over to a belief or to a course of action by argument or earnest request
personal1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to a person : private
personal property
done in person
proceeding from or directed to a single person
carried on between individuals directly
relating to the person or body
your personal appearance
closely related to an individual : intimate
indicating grammatical person
personal2 of 2noun
a short paragraph or ad in a newspaper relating to personal matters
persistentadjective
continuing, existing, or acting for a long or longer than usual time persistent gills
a persistent cold
stubbornly determined
perplexverb
to block the understanding ofespecially: confuse sense 1a, bewilder
to make difficult to understand : complicate
1 There are sights there that he has not forgotten, because he never possessed them—perplexing, yet lost to him.
2 Mom stared at the ceiling, miming perplexed thought.
3 Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and, to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query.
这样一个问题甚至可以难到最聪明的人,对年轻的亚瑟王来说,这就像一个不可解的问题。
4 For this, must solve a few outstanding issues perplex market fairness to compete currently hard.
为此, 必须努力解决当前困扰市场公平竞争的一些突出问题.
5 To him, perplexity was worse than danger; and when he was perplexed he usually grew angry.
6 This problem is hard enough to perplex even the teacher.
这个问题确实很难,以至于老师都迷惑不解.
7 “I found your performance curious, and the reaction of your audience somewhat perplexing. You were lacking in precision.”
8 He was turning in circles, eyes darting around the garden, apparently perplexed and amazed.
9 He stared at her then, as if perplexed.
10 You puzzle me, Jane: your look and tone of sorrowful audacity perplex and pain me. I want an explanation.
你可把我弄糊涂了,简。你那忧伤而大胆的目光和语气,使我困惑,也使我痛苦。我要求你解释一下。
11 It was all very perplexing, all very discouraging.
12 You puzzle me, Jane: your look and tone of sorrowful audacity perplex and pain me.
你可把我弄糊涂了,简。你那忧伤而大胆的目光和语气,使我困惑,也使我痛苦。
13 She was perplexed at first by the sudden smile.
14 The amount of divergence is a subtle affair, liable to perplex the Englishman when he looks at America.
差异的多寡是件极为微妙的事务,这极容易使一个英国人在审视美国时大惑不解。
15 When he moved his hand to speak—one hand palm-up, with a perplexed shrug to his shoulders—it was obvious what the meaning was: What are you doing?
16 Many of the entries in the brief, perplexing diary recovered with the body were terse observations of flora and fauna, which fueled speculation that McCandless was a field biologist.
17 Questions about the meaning of life have always perplexed humankind.
18 I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty—to wit, the white man’s power to enslave the black man.
19 “Good evening,” Master said, looking slightly perplexed, as if he was not certain who she was.
20 But he’s perplexed, trying to make sense of my words.
1 狼狈
confused streaked rattled confounded panic-stricken helter-skelter confusion pucker perturbation faze bewilder discomfit nonplus spifflicate confuse upset dash rattle confound flummox spiflicate
3 人困惑的事
4 难题
conk-buster funsie why challenge trouble difficulty screw nut puzzle honey sticker knot teaser crux stinger twister untouchable poser stickler perplexity puzzler stinker tickler toughie stumper brainteaser staggerer floorer a hard nut to crack
5 担忧
afraid apprehensive rattled nervously fear worry alarm scare nervousness misgiving concern faze exercise mind get in a sweat weigh on
6 为难
lost worried awkward troubled baffling bothersome puzzling perplexed mazy spiflicated pressure puzzle plunge maze embarrassment annoyance entanglement perplexity bewilder discomfit nonplus stick pucker faze puckerstopple obfusticate get beat worry trouble stumble distress inconvenience stump weary persecute embarrass mire snarl pester vex disconcert kittle incommode discommode feeze off-put blue funk
7 纠缠
swirl knotted ravelment implication tangle twine skein involution sleave knot weave pursue devil foul badger implicate entangle embroil pester entwine bedevil ravel importune entrammel ensnarl embrangle
9 使困惑
get floor stick beat pose puzzle confuse fog fox gravel devastate stump buffalo confound vex obfuscate bamboozle bemuse befog knock sideways throw sideways throw distract baffle dizzy bewilder Wilder discombobulate tie in knots mystify flummox hamper embarrass elude flabbergast nonplus put out of countenance throw dust in eyes boggle discomfit exercise lick stagger tangle take aback be hung up defeat muddle disconcert unsettle baffling bug stumble stun intrigue maze riddle evade bedevil bedazzle kittle moider
10 纷乱
tumultuous disordered inquiet mess hassle disturbance tangle whirlpool twine dislocation perplexity embrangle
11 混乱
involved confused chaotic tangled upside-down disorderly disordered haywire snafu jumbled shapeless turbid topsy-turvy rough-and-tumble addled mixed-up mazy snarly pell-mell hurly-burly rafferty tangly perturbative mussily out chaotically confusedly betanglement tohubohu Babelization dispeace ball-up babelism mix mess coil upset confusion complication chaos jungle litter disruption clutter melee tumble to-do turmoil tangle whirlpool abyss huddle anarchy dislocation jumble muddle snarl mix-up turbidity disorganization tailspin derangement muss demoralization involution ravel mess-up foul-up bollix disorganisation cockup embroilment disorderliness deray disarrangement bedevilment hugger-mugger snarl-up hurry-scurry topsyturviness bazodee spin disorder shake confuse disrupt unsettle embroil disarray dislocate disorganize demoralize perturb tousle balls discomfit garble bemuse becloud make hay of off the rails printer's pie in disorder in a whirl go haywire in confusion muddy indiscriminate promiscuous nebulous rabble indistinct anarchic shambolic higgledy-piggledy macaronic stir hash maze mayhem hob Babel welter cock-up razzle-dazzle fuddle moil rattle tear pie disconnect complicate confound derange flummox disaffect Babelize in a tangle in a mess get into a mess a pretty kettle of fish tumble up play hob with throw into disorder all to a piece bog up complicated unsettling perplexed vexatious confounded helter-skelter rhapsodic addle flurried ataxic mussy jumbly rhapsodical tumultuary spiflicated ravelment dust shine hurry riot pickle spaghetti puddle flurry ruffle whirl mull entanglement crisscross skein cobweb perturbation faze promiscuity ataxia fluster perplexity pandemonium swelter babel kerfuffle anomie muddiness disarrange dishabille embarras exorbitance bouleversement topsyturvy stirabout turbidness spifflicate puzzle torment entangle moider spiflicate hog wild cock-a-hoop hirdie-girdie fouled-up dizzy turbulent drowning tumultuous foggy disturbed woolly shaggy deranged unstuck hurried non-operational raddled untogether wuzzy farmisht farblonjet drumly throughither muck-up ballup fubb fumtu hash-up do smoke pi hassle scramble swirl hustle twine smother botch tumult dither fubar Mess-up unreason throe balls-up swither mullock ataxy piss-up schemozzle wander twist amuse bugger denigrate roil disorient discombobulate ballocks mux disrupture ensnarl embrangle in a spin stand on its head throw out of gear ball up in a fog make work
12 窘困
13 使难解
15 复杂
complex involved complicated elaborate convoluted perplexed labyrinthine sinuous inextricable involute labyrinthian daedal intricately tortuously complicacy complication pluralism involution involve complicate thicken embarrass embroil sophisticate
18 使混乱
perturbative bazodee disorder shake mess confuse disrupt unsettle muddle embroil snarl disarray dislocate disorganize demoralize perturb snafu tousle discomfit garble bemuse becloud make hay of hob tear disconnect complicate tumble flummox Babelize tumble up play hob with throw into disorder bog up spifflicate puzzle torment flurry confound entangle muss razzle-dazzle moider spiflicate
19 使纠缠不清
20 杂乱
higgledy-piggledy hugger-mugger ungepotch busy foul messy indiscriminate promiscuous untidy formless half-assed rough-and-tumble shambolic desultory helter-skelter mussy undistinguishing indigested farraginous throughither pell-mell willy-nilly disorder confusion hash clutter stew huddle disarray promiscuity muss mux twist jumble shag back to front
21 人困惑
22 使人困惑
23 困惑
worried puzzled bemused quizzical confounded bushed bemusedly disconcertedly bepuzzlement puzzle confusion embarrassment delusion quandary puzzlement bemusement bafflement mystification bedevilment stick bemuddle get floor beat pose confuse fog fox gravel devastate stump baffle buffalo confound vex obfuscate bamboozle bemuse befog up a stump knock sideways throw sideways in a fog lost blank confused dizzy bewildered perplexed flummoxed blankly confusedly perplexedly flutter bewilderment perplexity blankness throw mystify flummox foggy distraught punch-drunk difficulty distraction hamper embarrass elude entangle faze bewilder flabbergast nonplus in a mess in a puzzle in a pickle put out of countenance throw dust in eyes tangle daze swither boggle discombobulate distract evade discomfit exercise labour lick stagger take aback be hung up tie in knots messed up muddled distracted conflicted tie up in knots at sea hazy foxed question flap muddle defeat disconcert get your knickers in a twist at a loss cloudy unsettled vexed disconcerted vexation unsettle all at sea in a tizzy in a stew kerflumixed troubled helpless baffling rattled involvement maze enigma pucker discomfiture disconcertion bug stumble stun intrigue riddle bedevil bedazzle cumber kittle moider
26 纠缠不清
30 使人困惑的事
31 困难局面
33 使为难
puzzling faze puckerstopple obfusticate get stick beat worry trouble puzzle stumble distress inconvenience stump maze persecute embarrass mire snarl pester vex bewilder disconcert discomfit kittle incommode nonplus discommode off-put
34 复杂化
35 茫然
blank vacant bemused uncomprehending vacantly dazed vaguely blankly perplexity floor all at sea at a loss abstract damp vague perplexed vacuous abstracted bemazed absently maze daze bemuse in the clouds in a zone
36 使复杂化