Word · Frequency #21139
confusingly
令人困惑地；使人迷惑地
in a bewildering and confusing manner
- 1.
In a confusing manner.
令人困惑地；混乱地
令人困惑地；混乱地；confuse的变形
In use
The map was confusingly drawn, so we took the wrong road.
The two buttons look confusingly similar, and I often press the wrong one.
She confusingly changed the meeting time, and nobody knew when to come.
confusingly + adjective
confusingly 放在形容词前，表示“在某个方面令人困惑地”。
The two colors are confusingly similar.
这两种颜色相似得令人困惑。
confusingly, + clause
作句子副词时，通常放在句首并用逗号与主句隔开，表达说话人对整句话的评价。
Confusingly, the program closed without any warning.
令人困惑的是，程序没有任何警告就关闭了。
verb + confusingly
作方式副词时，放在动词后，说明动作的方式令人困惑。
The guide spoke confusingly, and we missed the turn.
向导讲得令人困惑，我们错过了转弯。
Common mistakes
This is a confusingly question.This is a confusing question.
confusingly 是副词，不能直接修饰名词。汉语中形容词和副词形态相同，学习者容易混淆词性，应改用形容词 confusing 修饰名词 question。
He looked at me confusingly.He looked at me confusedly.
confusingly 意为“令人困惑地”，表示某事物使人困惑；confusedly 意为“困惑地”，表示人自身感到困惑。此处表达“他困惑地看着我”，应使用 confusedly。
Connections
Collocations
- confusingly similar
- 相似得令人困惑
- The two brands are confusingly similar in design.这两个品牌的设计相似得令人困惑。
- confusingly complex
- 复杂得令人费解
- The instructions are confusingly complex for new users.这些说明对新用户来说复杂得令人费解。
- confusingly named
- 命名混乱的
- The file was confusingly named with a long string of numbers.这个文件被命名得很混乱，是一长串数字。
- confusingly worded
- 措辞令人困惑的
- The question was confusingly worded, so many students answered it incorrectly.这个问题措辞令人困惑，所以许多学生答错了。
- confusingly arranged
- 排列得令人困惑
- The books were confusingly arranged on the shelf.书架上书的排列令人困惑。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 confusingly 拆成 confusing（令人困惑的）+ ly（副词后缀）：想象一团乱麻，令人困惑地缠在一起。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交流、书面写作 confusingly 是中性副词，通常用于说明某事以令人困惑的方式发生，口语和书面语中都比较常见，没有明显的语域限制。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵：amusingly、musingly（与 confusingly 一样，重读元音为 /juː/，后接 /zɪŋli/）。注意拼写相似的 -ingly 词不一定押韵：surprisingly（/aɪ/）、increasingly（/iː/）、willingly（/ɪ/）、seemingly（/iː/）重读元音不同，均不与 confusingly 押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.