befuddle + noun phrase
直接后接名词(人或事物)表示‘使…困惑’。
The complex algorithm befuddled the programmers.
复杂的算法让程序员们感到困惑。
使昏沉;使迷惑;使糊涂
使困惑,混淆;使(某人)昏迷,尤其是用酒精
make (someone) stupid or confused, especially with alcohol
使困惑,混淆
To perplex, confuse (someone).
使(某人)昏迷,尤其是用酒精
To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.
一般现在时
I often befuddle my friends with riddles.
我经常用谜语把朋友们弄糊涂。
The strong local wine befuddled the tourists at the evening feast.
当地烈酒让晚宴上的游客们头脑昏沉。
用法提示:此处 befuddle 作及物动词,意为“因饮酒而使昏沉”,主语为烈酒,宾语为游客。
After two quick cups, the party guest was completely befuddled by the spiked punch.
匆匆喝了两杯之后,那位聚会宾客被加酒精的潘趣酒弄得糊里糊涂。
用法提示:此处 was befuddled 为被动语态,表示“被酒精弄得迷糊”,说明该词是动词。
Any strong beer befuddles him, so he always asks for water.
任何烈性啤酒都会让他犯糊涂,所以他总是要水喝。
用法提示:befuddles 是第三人称单数现在时,主语为啤酒,表示“使…昏沉/糊涂”的常态情况。
直接后接名词(人或事物)表示‘使…困惑’。
The complex algorithm befuddled the programmers.
复杂的算法让程序员们感到困惑。
被动语态,by引出导致困惑的原因。
She was befuddled by the sudden change of plans.
她被计划的突然改变弄糊涂了。
现在分词作定语,修饰令人困惑的事物。
The befuddling instructions made the task impossible.
那些令人困惑的指示使得任务无法完成。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is very befuddle.
正确表达He is very befuddled.
表示状态时应用过去分词 'befuddled' 作形容词,而不是动词原形 'befuddle'。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am befuddling with this problem.
正确表达I am befuddled by this problem.
'befuddle' 是及物动词,主语为受事者时应用被动结构 'be befuddled by',表示被某事物弄糊涂。
befuddle 常因酒精或药物导致昏沉迷糊,confuse 指一般性的迷惑或混淆,不特指生理影响
baffle 强调完全无法理解或解释,语气更强;befuddle 侧重于昏沉导致的糊涂,常与酒精相关
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