perplex

英 [pəˈpleks]

美 [pərˈpleks]

v.  迷惑; 使困惑

过去分词：perplexed　现在分词：perplexing　第三人称单数：perplexes　过去式：perplexed　复数：perplexes　

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BNC.18685 / COCA.15354

牛津词典

verb

• 迷惑；使困惑
  if sth perplexes you, it makes you confused or worried because you do not understand it
  1. They were perplexed by her response.
     她的答复令他们困惑不解。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使困惑；使担心；迷惑
  If somethingperplexesyou, it confuses and worries you because you do not understand it or because it causes you difficulty.
  1. It perplexed him because he was tackling it the wrong way.
     由于处理不当，这个问题令他大伤脑筋。

英英释义

verb

• make more complicated
  1. There was a new development that complicated the matter
  Synonym:complicate
• be a mystery or bewildering to
  1. This beats me!
  2. Got me--I don't know the answer!
  3. a vexing problem
  4. This question really stuck me
  Synonym:vexstickgetpuzzlemystifybafflebeatposebewilderflummoxstupefynonplusgravelamazedumbfound

双语例句

• The online archives, which will be updated as new cases are reported, catalogues in minute detail cases ranging from the easily dismissed to a handful that continue to perplex even hard-nosed scientists.
  网上档案，将更新为新举报、目录格物下，从一小撮轻易解雇惑，甚至继续强硬科学家。
• It perplexed him because he was tackling it the wrong way.
  由于处理不当，这个问题令他大伤脑筋。
• By undue profoundity we perplex and enfeeble thought.
  过于认为奥妙，我们思想反而模糊不清。
• Long-term since, poverty is one of the problems which perplex the harmonious development of society.
  长期以来，贫困问题是困扰社会和谐发展的难点之一。
• Therefore, realistic painting withdrew the leadership from these areas gradually and some perplex caused to them.
  因此，写实主义绘画在这些领域也渐渐退出主导地位，这多少给写实绘画的发展带来了一些困扰。
• Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought Perplex'd in the extreme;
  一个不容易发生嫉妒的人，可是一旦被人煽动以后，就会糊涂到极点；
• If not be handled properly, it will perplex even injure the good-neighbourliness and friendly relation between two parties by the root over a long period of time.
  若处理不当，将会长期困扰甚至从根本上损害双方来之不易的睦邻友好关系。
• I used to draw a comparison between him and Hindley Earnshaw, and perplex myself to explain satisfactorily why their conduct was so opposite in similar circumstances.
  我总是拿他和辛德雷·恩萧相比，我想来想去也难以满意地解释出为什么他们在相似的情况下，行为却如此相反。
• It is not worth while to perplex the reader with inquiries into the aBstract nature of evidence
  没有必要用对证据抽象本性的调查来迷惑读者
• O'Connor always focuses on the spiritual crisis of modern people, exposing the complex and perplex human nature.
  奥康纳总是集中探讨当代人的精神危机并展现人性中最为复杂和迷乱的一面。