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单词
perplex
释义
per·plex
(p
ə
r-pl
ĕ
ks
)
tr.v.
per·plexed
,
per·plex·ing
,
per·plex·es
1.
To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt.
2.
To make confusedly intricate; complicate:
poorly informed opinions that only perplex the subject.
[Back-formation from Middle English
perplexed
, puzzled; see
PERPLEXED
.]
per·plex
ing·ly
adv.
Synonyms:
perplex, mystify, bewilder, confound, puzzle
These verbs mean to cause bafflement or confusion.
Perplex
stresses uncertainty or anxiety, as over reaching an understanding or finding a solution:
"No subject at the Philadelphia convention had perplexed the delegates more than the mode of choosing the president"
(Susan Dunn).
Mystify
implies something inexplicable by conventional understanding:
"Galileo was mystified by the disappearance of the two smaller bodies accompanying Saturn along its orbit"
(Eric Burgess).
Bewilder
emphasizes extreme mental confusion:
" We human beings are ... bewildered when trying to imagine a world with more than three dimensions"
(Paul Davies).
To
confound
is to confuse and astonish:
God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise
(I Corinthians 1:27).
Puzzle
suggests difficulty in solving or interpreting something:
"The poor creature puzzled me once ... by a question merely natural and innocent"
(Daniel Defoe).
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