puzzle over something
collocation对……冥思苦想；为……绞尽脑汁
She puzzled over the mystery for days before finding the answer.
她对这个谜团苦思了好几天才找到答案。
使困惑；使迷惑；难住
puzzled — past of puzzle
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使困惑；使迷惑；难住
to make someone feel confused or unable to understand something
This math problem puzzles me.
这个数学题让我困惑。
使(自己或他人,或他们的思维等)因无法理解复杂问题而感到困惑或迷惑；使困惑,使迷惑,使费解
To cause (oneself or someone, or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; to confuse, to mystify, to perplex.
用(大脑或思维)尝试解决复杂问题；也指尝试解决(复杂问题)
To use (one's brain or mind) to try to work out a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; also, to try to work out (a complicated matter, a problem, etc.).
常跟“关于”、“在”、“在上面”后:因无法理解复杂问题而感到困惑或迷惑
Often followed by about, over, or upon: to feel confused or mystified because one cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.
使困惑
be a mystery or bewildering to
puzzle
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puzzles
3rd person
第三人称单数
puzzling
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现在分词
puzzled
Past
过去式
puzzled
Past participle
过去分词
He puzzles over the problem every day.
他每天都为这个问题感到困惑。
Yesterday, she puzzled over the crossword.
昨天她对着填字游戏感到困惑。
I have puzzled over this for hours.
我已经为这个困惑了好几个小时。
规则动词：puzzle的过去式和过去分词均为puzzled，现在分词为puzzling。
The sudden change in his behavior puzzled everyone.
他行为的突然变化让每个人都感到困惑。
The detective is puzzling over the mysterious clues.
侦探正在为神秘的线索而困惑。
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对……冥思苦想；为……绞尽脑汁
She puzzled over the mystery for days before finding the answer.
她对这个谜团苦思了好几天才找到答案。
琢磨出；弄清楚
It took the detective a long time to puzzle out the truth.
侦探花了很长时间才弄清楚真相。
让专家们困惑不解
The results puzzled the experts, who had expected a different outcome.
这些结果让专家们困惑不解，他们原本预期的是不同的结果。
苦苦思索；冥思苦想
She puzzled over the strange message for hours.
她对着那条奇怪的消息苦思了几个小时。
琢磨出；设法弄明白
It took me a while to puzzle out the answer to the riddle.
我花了一会儿才琢磨出这个谜语的答案。
绞尽脑汁；冥思苦想
He puzzled his brains to remember the password.
他绞尽脑汁想回忆起那个密码。
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puzzle 里有两个 z，像脑中乱码旋转；被难题绕晕，只剩一脸困惑。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面文章、学习或工作讨论 作动词时通常表示“使困惑”或“琢磨、思考”；口语和书面语都比较常见，属于中性用法。be puzzled 表示“感到困惑”，同样常用。
及物动词时后接人；不及物动词时常用puzzle over/about sth.
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