单词	puzzling
释义	puzzlingpuz‧zling /ˈpʌzlɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Alzheimer's disease is one of medicine's most puzzling and feared illnesses. Don't you think it's puzzling that no-one noticed them leave? Jan's decision not to take part in the race was very puzzling. Most puzzling was the fact that Mason waited a week to report the crime. Some of the results of the experiments were puzzling to researchers. The fact that many people still do not understand this basic concept is both puzzling and troubling. The police are investigating the puzzling death of a man found on the freeway. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All the standard items, but there were a couple of puzzling additions in a childish hand at the bottom. But it has remained as puzzling to modern historians as it was shocking to contemporaries. But there's something else, something more conclusive to link them, but it's more puzzling, too. But this week your hopes could be raised then dashed by a series of puzzling, even infuriating, developments. Neither type corresponds precisely to that seen in vertebrate enamel, and the extreme variation in crystal orientation is puzzling. Only two questions remained unanswered - the puzzling absence of any sect heavies and Grant's worrying non-return. She wished he would stop talking, because something one of them had said had stirred the memory of a puzzling moment. Thesaurus THESAURUS► confusing unclear and difficult to understand: · a confusing message· The road signs were very confusing and we ended up getting lost. ► puzzling (also perplexing formal) confusing, especially because something is different from what you expect: · Jan's decision not to take part in the race was very puzzling.· It was the trivial details which he found so perplexing. ► baffling extremely difficult to understand even though you have tried for a long time: · Police are close to solving one of Australia's most baffling murder cases.· The failure was baffling, given the success of his previous businesses. ► bewildering very confusing, especially because something is strange or new, or because there are a lot of different things: · Brain diseases can cause many bewildering changes in a person's emotions and behaviour.· There is a bewildering number of mobile phone deals on offer. ► mysterious difficult to explain or understand, and often strange or slightly frightening: · the mysterious disappearance of ships in the waters of the Bermuda Triangle· What’s that mysterious noise? ► puzzling difficult to explain or understand: · At first this must seem a puzzling question.· I found her attitude deeply puzzling. ► baffling impossible to understand, so that you feel very confused: · It was a baffling case.· Like many people, I find theoretical physics baffling. ► inexplicable formal impossible to explain: · For some inexplicable reason her mind went completely blank.· Some things in life are inexplicable. ► enigmatic formal mysterious and difficult to understand, but also often attractive or interesting – used especially about people, their expressions, or things they say: · She gave him an enigmatic smile.· an enigmatic remark ► cryptic formal having a meaning that is difficult to understand, and is not expressed in a clear direct way – used especially about things that people say or write: · I got a rather cryptic message from him.· cryptic comments ► be a mystery if something is a mystery, you cannot understand how or why it happens: · Four years later, his death remains a complete mystery.· It’s all a mystery to me. ► be shrouded/veiled in mystery if an event or a situation, especially one that happened a long time ago, is shrouded in mystery, it is mysterious because no one knows exactly what happened: · Stone age civilization, veiled in mystery as it is, has provided the greatest challenge to historians. Longman Language Activatorsomething that makes you feel confused► confusing confusing instructions, explanations, situations etc make you feel confused, because it is not clear what they mean or what you should do: · The road signs were very confusing and we ended up getting lost.· I found some of the questions really confusing.confusing for: · The procedure can be a little confusing for beginners. ► puzzling a puzzling action or situation is very confusing, especially because it is strange or new, or because a lot of different things are happening at the same time: · Jan's decision not to take part in the race was very puzzling.· Don't you think it's puzzling that no-one noticed them leave?puzzling to: · Some of the results of the experiments were puzzling to researchers. ► baffling extremely difficult or impossible to understand, and therefore making you feel extremely confused: · I found his sudden refusal to come to the wedding completely baffling.· New evidence has provided a clue to one of the most baffling crimes the police have had to deal with. ► bewildering a bewildering situation is very confusing, especially because it is strange or new, or because of lot of different things are happening at the same time: · Changes in society are happening so fast, they sometimes seem bewildering.a bewildering number/variety/range etc (=so many things that is difficult for you to choose): · There was a bewildering variety of styles to choose from. difficult or impossible to understand► puzzling a puzzling situation makes you feel confused, because you have tried to understand it or explain it, but you cannot: · The police are investigating the puzzling death of a man found on the freeway.· Alzheimer's disease is one of medicine's most puzzling and feared illnesses.· The fact that many people still do not understand this basic concept is both puzzling and troubling. ► baffling extremely difficult or impossible to understand, and therefore making you feel extremely confused: · To an ordinary person, the legal arguments were baffling.· New evidence has provided a clue to one of the most baffling crimes the police have had to deal with. ► incomprehensible impossible to understand: · His English was incomprehensible.it is incomprehensible that: · It is incomprehensible that a tragedy like this could be joked about.incomprehensible to: · The leaflet was written in jargon that would have been totally incomprehensible to anyone outside the profession. ► unintelligible speech or writing that is unintelligible is impossible to understand because it is not clear, simple, or well planned: · Joe muttered something unintelligible, clasping his head in his hands.· Radio transmissions were often cut off or unintelligible. ► incoherent incoherent speech is very difficult to understand, especially because the person who is speaking is drunk, ill, or very angry: · Harris gave rambling, incoherent answers to questions about the case.· She was clearly very ill, and at times her speech was incoherent. ► obscure a statement, joke, or idea that is obscure is very difficult to understand because the meaning is not clear unless it is carefully explained to you: · Best's art is eccentric and obscure.· Publishers would not print his earlier poetry because they felt it was too obscure. confusing and difficult to understand or explain:  a puzzling fact Gary found her reaction puzzling.
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