单词 | confused |
释义 | confused (once / 249 pages) adj If you are confused about something, you can't think clearly. If your new friend keeps impossibly showing up in different outfits, you'll be confused until you discover she has an identical twin. Confuse is a modern verb, the old form being confound which means "to bring to ruin or disorder." When you are confused, what's ruined is your sense of the order of things. If you return to a city where you used to live, and a dog grooming store has replaced your apartment and a dump has replaced the park, you'll feel emotionally confused. If you think that Tom is Harry and Harry is Tom, you've confused them in your mind. WORD FAMILYconfused: confusedly, confusedness, unconfused+/confuse: confusable, confused, confuses, confusing, confusion/confusing: confusingly/confusion: confusions/unconfused: unconfusedly USAGE EXAMPLES“People were confused about the issue,” he said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) They lost by 33 at home against St. John’s two games ago and looked confused offensively on a number of possessions Sunday. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The experience — and diagnosis — is often confused with heart attack, Creager said. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused Syn|Ant addlebrained, addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded stupid and confused addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-mindedconfused and vague; used especially of thinking befogged, befuddledstupefied by alcoholic drink cloudedmentally disordered dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupidin a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock dazzledstupefied or dizzied by something overpowering trancelikeas if in a trance punch-drunk, silly, slaphappydazed from or as if from repeated blows spaced-outconfused or disoriented as if intoxicated through taking a drug perplexedfull of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment clear-thinking, clearheaded not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently clearfree from confusion or doubt uncloudednot mentally disordered 2adj perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment Syn at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up perplexed full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment 3adj having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity Syn disoriented, lost unoriented not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained 4adj lacking orderly continuity a confused set of instructions a confused dream about the end of the world Syn disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected incoherent without logical or meaningful connection 5adj thrown into a state of disarray or confusion a confused mass of papers on the desk Syn broken, disordered, upset disorganised, disorganized lacking order or methodical arrangement or function |
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