英语词汇“perplex”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To perplex someone is to amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, or puzzle them. Perplexing things are hard to understand.

If you're perplexed, then you're confused. Different things perplex different people. In football, a tricky defense will perplex a quarterback. Complicated formulas can perplex math students. When people do weird things, it can be perplexing. Anything hard to understand might perplex you. Perplexing also means to make something more complicated. So when you see the word perplex, think "Huh?"

WORD FAMILY

perplex: perplexed, perplexes, perplexing+/perplexed: perplexedly, perplexity, unperplexed/perplexing: perplexingly/perplexity: perplexities

USAGE EXAMPLES

A Casebook of Ingenious, Perplexing and Totally Satisfying Puzzles is available from the Guardian Bookshop and other retailers.

The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017)

INCONSISTENCIES: Both teams were perplexingly inconsistent this season.

Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016)

What worries and perplexes many Muslims and their friends here is what lies beneath the surface.

Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016)

1v be a mystery or bewildering to

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex

mix up, stump

cause to be perplexed or confounded

riddle

set a difficult problem or riddle

elude, escape

be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

defy, refuse, resist

elude, especially in a baffling way

bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

2v make more complicated

Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper

complicate

simplify

make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent

complexify

make complex

embrangle, snarl, snarl up

make more complicated or confused through entanglements

snafu

cause to be in a state of complete confusion

alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

单词	perplex
释义	perplex (once / 275 pages) v To perplex someone is to amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, or puzzle them. Perplexing things are hard to understand. If you're perplexed, then you're confused. Different things perplex different people. In football, a tricky defense will perplex a quarterback. Complicated formulas can perplex math students. When people do weird things, it can be perplexing. Anything hard to understand might perplex you. Perplexing also means to make something more complicated. So when you see the word perplex, think "Huh?" WORD FAMILY perplex: perplexed, perplexes, perplexing+/perplexed: perplexedly, perplexity, unperplexed/perplexing: perplexingly/perplexity: perplexities USAGE EXAMPLES A Casebook of Ingenious, Perplexing and Totally Satisfying Puzzles is available from the Guardian Bookshop and other retailers. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) INCONSISTENCIES: Both teams were perplexingly inconsistent this season. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) What worries and perplexes many Muslims and their friends here is what lies beneath the surface. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) 1v be a mystery or bewildering to Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex mix up, stump cause to be perplexed or confounded riddle set a difficult problem or riddle elude, escape be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by defy, refuse, resist elude, especially in a baffling way bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly 2v make more complicated Syn\|Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper complicate simplify make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent complexify make complex embrangle, snarl, snarl up make more complicated or confused through entanglements snafu cause to be in a state of complete confusion alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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