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单词 confused
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•fused /kənˈfyuzd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
    1. hard to understand; mixed up;
      unclear:Your writing seems confused.
  • (of a person) having difficulty understanding or doing something:The two confused tourists got lost in the mall.
  • con•fus•ed•ly /kənˈfyuzɪdli/USA pronunciation  adv. 
    con•fus•ed•ness, n. [uncountable]

    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    conˈfused /kənˈfjuːzd/ adj
    1. feeling or exhibiting an inability to understand; bewildered; perplexed
    2. in a disordered state; mixed up; jumbled
    3. lacking sufficient mental abilities for independent living, esp through old age

    confusedly /kənˈfjuːzɪdlɪ -ˈfjuːzd-/ adv conˈfusedness n
    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.

    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    confuse /kənˈfjuːz/ vb (transitive)
    1. to bewilder; perplex
    2. to mix up (things, ideas, etc); jumble
    3. to make unclear: he confused his talk with irrelevant details
    4. to fail to recognize the difference between; mistake (one thing) for another
    5. to disconcert; embarrass
    6. to cause to become disordered: the enemy ranks were confused by gas
    Etymology: 18th Century: back formation from confused, from Latin confūsus mingled together, from confundere to pour together; see confound

    conˈfusable adj n
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