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单词 bewilder
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(bɪwɪldəʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense bewilders, present participle bewildering, past tense, past participle bewildered
verb
If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
The silence from Alex had hurt and bewildered her. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: confound, surprise, stun, confuse More Synonyms of bewilder

bewilder in British English

(bɪˈwɪldə)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to confuse utterly; puzzle
2.  archaic
to cause to become lost
Derived forms
bewilderment (beˈwilderˌment)
noun
Word origin
C17: see be-, wilder

bewilder in American English

(biˈwɪldər; bɪˈwɪldər)
verb transitive
1. 
to confuse hopelessly, as by something complicated or involved; befuddle; puzzle
2.  Archaic
to cause to be lost, as in a wilderness
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈpuzzle
Derived forms
bewilderingly (beˈwilderingly)
adverb
Word origin
be- + wilder

Examples of 'bewilder' in a sentence
bewilder

Here there seems to be bewildering variety both of risks and of claims.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
This has led individual trusts to impose a bewildering range of restrictions.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The new book includes replicas of two manuals containing a bewildering array of equipment.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He works simultaneously on a huge number of projects in a bewildering array of forms.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He also wants to remove boardroom representatives from a bewildering array of independent societies.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Some people miss out on care and support simply because they end up confused and bewildered by the process.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This week has been utterly bewildering.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Reducing the bewildering range of benefits into a single package should also help reduce errors by the officials who run the system.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Victims have been bewildered and hurt when the Church has adopted a defensive stance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There is a bewildering variety of data available to measure a firm's financial health.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She is confused, bewildered and despairing.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Your utterly bewildered and terrified but loving Ma.
Giles Whittell Spitfire Women of World War II (2007)
At the moment, managers buy a bewildering variety of different equipment to do the same jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He has gone from sublime form at the end of 2012 to looking confused and bewildered.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But they come in a bewildering range of prices, sizes and ingredients.
The Sun (2008)
His family are obviously heartbroken and utterly bewildered that anyone could harm a man like Geoff.
The Sun (2010)
He leaned over to stare, utterly bewildered.
Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993)
The fish is served up in a bewildering variety of forms, but probably the most common is boiled cod served with chickpeas.
Wood, Katie Cheap Eats Guide to Europe 1994 (1993)
I wish people would expect the unexpected, to be confused and bewildered.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A Public notices must be advertised in a bewildering range of situations.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
From white collar to blue collar to dog collar, Unite represents a bewildering variety of workers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What happened to this mother is tragic, and right now she'll be feeling bewildered and confused.
The Sun (2008)
(verb) 
Definition
to confuse utterly
The silence from her sister had hurt and bewildered her.
Synonyms
confound
For many years medical scientists were confounded by these seemingly contradictory facts.
surprise
We'll solve the case ourselves and surprise everyone.
stun
Many cinema-goers were stunned by the film's violent and tragic end.
confuse
Politics just confuses me.
puzzle
What puzzles me is why nobody has complained before now.
baffle
An apple tree producing square fruit is baffling experts.
mix up
daze
We were dazed by the sheer size of the spectacle.
perplex
problems that perplexed me
mystify
There was something strange in her attitude that mystified me.
stupefy
The aim is to shock, upset, stupefy, or just plain scare them.
befuddle
He liked to befuddle his readers.
flummox
This system has the potential to flummox most car thieves.
bemuse
It doesn't bemuse readers with pompous language.
dumbfound
The question dumbfounded him.
nonplus
flabbergast (informal)
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