单词 | confuse |
释义 | confuse[kən'fju:z]vt. 使混乱, 使狼狈, 使困惑【法】 混淆相关词组:confuse black and white confuse con.fuse AHD: [k…n-fy›z“] D.J. [k*n6fju8z]K.K. [k*n6fjuz]v.(动词) con.fused,con.fus.ing,con.fus.es v.tr.(及物动词)1. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off.使迷惑:使不能清析地思考或理智地行动;使犯错误2. To cause to feel embarrassment.使感觉窘迫3. To mistake (one thing for another):误解(一个当成另一个):confused effusiveness with affection.把言语的吐露误解为故意的炫耀4. To make opaque; blur:使不透明;把…弄模糊:“The old labels . . . confuse debate instead of clarifying it”(&b{Christopher Lasch})“旧的标签…不但无法澄清议题,反而使它更加模糊了”(克里斯托夫·拉希)5. To assemble without order or sense; jumble.使混乱:无感觉或顺序的糅合;使混淆6. Archaic To bring to ruination.【古语】 使毁灭v.intr.(不及物动词)To make something unclear or incomprehensible:使得某物不清楚或不易理解:a new tax code that only further confuses.只造成更多疑问的新税法语源:1. Middle English confusen 中古英语 confusen 2. from Old French confus [perplexed] 源自 古法语 confus [困惑的] 3. from Latin c½nf&9{¿sus} [past participle of] c½nfundere [to mix together] * see confound 源自 拉丁语 c½nf&9{¿sus} [] c½nfundere的过去分词 [使混乱] *参见 confound继承用法:confus“ingly adv.(副词)参考词汇:1. confuse,addle,befuddle,discombobulate,fuddle,muddle,throw2. The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to cause to be unclear in mind or intent”: 这些动词的中心意思都是“引起思想或意图的混乱”: behavior that really threw me. 他的行为把我弄懵了 |
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