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单词 confusably
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•fuse /kənˈfyuz/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -fused, -fus•ing. 
  1. to cause to make a mistake;
    mix up: The flood of questions confused me.
  2. to make hard to understand, unclear, or indistinct:Let's not confuse matters.
  3. to fail to distinguish between (two things):I always confuse the twins.[+ object + with + object]I always confuse one twin with the other.
    confuse is a verb, confusion is a noun, confused and confusing are adjectives:All those numbers just confused me. The airport was a scene of confusion. Confused students looked at one another nervously. It was a confusing homework problem.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•fuse  (kən fyo̅o̅z),USA pronunciation v.t., -fused, -fus•ing. 
  1. to perplex or bewilder:The flood of questions confused me.
  2. to make unclear or indistinct:The rumors and angry charges tended to confuse the issue.
  3. to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake;
    confound:to confuse dates; He always confuses the twins.
  4. to disconcert or abash:His candor confused her.
  5. to combine without order;
    jumble;
    disorder:Try not to confuse the papers on the desk.
  6. [Archaic.]to bring to ruin or naught.
  • Latin confūsus, past participle of confundere; see confound
  • Anglo-French confus (with -ed -ed2 maintaining participial sense)
  • back formation from confused (since early 19th century), Middle English confused
con•fusa•ble, adj. 
con•fus′a•bili•ty, n. 
con•fusa•bly, adv. 
con•fus•ed•ly  (kən fyo̅o̅zid lē, -fyo̅o̅zd-),USA pronunciation adv.  con•fused•ness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mystify, nonplus. Confuse, disconcert, embarrass imply temporary interference with the clear working of one's mind. To confuse is to produce a general bewilderment:to confuse someone by giving complicated directions.To disconcert is to disturb one's mind by irritation, perplexities, etc.:to disconcert someone by asking irrelevant questions.To embarrass is to cause one to be ill at ease or uncomfortable, so that one's usual judgment and presence of mind desert one:to embarrass someone by unexpected rudeness.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mortify, shame.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disarray, disarrange, disturb.

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