Word · Frequency #18685
perplex
/pəˈpleks/
verb
使困惑；使迷惑；使费解
to make someone feel confused or unable to understand; to puzzle
- 1.
To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
使困惑
- 2.
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
使复杂或纠缠
使复杂化；使错综复杂；使纠缠；使困惑；使复杂或纠缠；使复杂化；使为难；[法] 困惑
In use
The complex instructions perplexed the students during the exam.
His strange behavior perplexes everyone in the office.
I am perplexed by the sudden change in the weather forecast.
perplex someone
The complex instructions perplexed the students.
复杂的说明使学生们感到困惑。
perplex someone with something
She perplexed the audience with her sudden change of topic.
她突然改变话题使观众感到困惑。
be perplexed by something
被动结构，表示感到困惑的状态。
Connections
Collocations
- be perplexed by
- 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。
- perplexing problem
- 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。
- perplexing situation
- 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。
- leave someone perplexed
- 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。
- feel perplexed
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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