perplex someone
The complex instructions perplexed the students.
复杂的说明使学生们感到困惑。
使困惑;使迷惑;使费解
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使困惑;使迷惑;使费解
to make someone feel confused or unable to understand; to puzzle
The complex instructions perplexed the students.
复杂的说明使学生们感到困惑。
使困惑
To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
使复杂或纠缠
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
perplex
Base
原形
perplexes
3rd person
第三人称单数
perplexing
-ing
现在分词
perplexed
Past
过去式
perplexed
Past participle
过去分词
This question perplexes me.
这个问题让我困惑。
The mystery perplexed everyone.
这个谜团使每个人困惑。
The constant noise is perplexing the students.
持续的噪音正在使学生们困惑。
perplex 为规则动词,过去式和过去分词均为 perplexed。
The complex instructions perplexed the students during the exam.
复杂的指示在考试中让学生们感到困惑。
His strange behavior perplexes everyone in the office.
他奇怪的行为让办公室里的每个人都感到困惑。
I am perplexed by the sudden change in the weather forecast.
我对天气预报的突然变化感到困惑。
The complex instructions perplexed the students.
复杂的说明使学生们感到困惑。
She perplexed the audience with her sudden change of topic.
她突然改变话题使观众感到困惑。
被动结构,表示感到困惑的状态。
He was perplexed by the contradictory evidence.
他被相互矛盾的证据弄糊涂了。
Not this
I am perplex about this problem.
Use this
I am perplexed about this problem.
perplex是动词,表示“使困惑”,描述人的困惑状态应使用其过去分词perplexed作为形容词。
Not this
This is a perplex question.
Use this
This is a perplexing question.
perplex是动词,表示“使困惑”,描述事物令人困惑的特性应使用其现在分词perplexing作为形容词。
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被……弄糊涂;对……感到困惑
She was perplexed by her friend's sudden silence.
她对朋友突然的沉默感到困惑。
令人费解的问题
The scientist worked on a perplexing problem for years.
这位科学家多年来一直致力于一个令人费解的问题。
令人困惑的情况
He found himself in a perplexing situation with no clear solution.
他发现自己陷入了没有明确解决方案的令人困惑的境地。
让某人困惑不解
The cryptic message left the detectives perplexed.
这条神秘的信息让侦探们困惑不解。
感到困惑
I feel perplexed whenever I try to understand this theory.
每当我试图理解这个理论时,我都感到困惑。
困惑的表情
She wore a perplexed expression while listening to the explanation.
她在听解释时露出困惑的表情。
出自莎士比亚《奥赛罗》第五幕第二场,奥赛罗临终前的话:一个不太容易嫉妒的人,一旦被煽动,就会陷入极度的困惑与痛苦。'perplexed'在此意为'困惑、不知所措'。
In Shakespeare's tragedy Othello, the protagonist confesses he was perplexed in the extreme after realizing his fatal mistake.
在莎士比亚的悲剧《奥赛罗》中,主人公在意识到自己的致命错误后承认自己陷入了极度的困惑。
出自《圣经·哥林多后书》4章8节(和合本:'四面受敌,却不被困住;心里作难,却不至失望')。'perplexed'意为'困惑、心里作难',保罗在此强调即使身处困境也不失去盼望。
The Apostle Paul wrote that he and his companions were 'perplexed, but not in despair,' expressing resilience amid hardship.
使徒保罗写道,他和同伴们'心里作难,却不至失望',表达在患难中的坚韧。
Use perplex naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想complex里的plex(编结):perplex像被复杂问题编成的网缠住,既困惑又费解。
语域:formal 常见场景:学术写作、新闻报道、正式讨论 perplex 多用于正式或书面语境,语气比 confuse 更正式,常见于学术文章、新闻报道等;日常口语中更常用 confuse 或 puzzle。
本组词中,flex、vex、checks、wrecks 与 perplex 押韵;complex 作形容词重读第二个音节时也押韵。注意 duplex 拼写相似,但重音在第一个音节(/ˈduː.pleks/),不押韵。
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