perplex

英 [pəˈpleks]

美 [pərˈpleks]

v.  迷惑; 使困惑

过去分词：perplexed　现在分词：perplexing　第三人称单数：perplexes　过去式：perplexed　复数：perplexes　

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BNC.18685 / COCA.15354

牛津词典

verb

• 迷惑；使困惑
  if sth perplexes you, it makes you confused or worried because you do not understand it
  1. They were perplexed by her response.
     她的答复令他们困惑不解。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使困惑；使担心；迷惑
  If somethingperplexesyou, it confuses and worries you because you do not understand it or because it causes you difficulty.
  1. It perplexed him because he was tackling it the wrong way.
     由于处理不当，这个问题令他大伤脑筋。

英英释义

verb

• make more complicated
  1. There was a new development that complicated the matter
  Synonym:complicate
• be a mystery or bewildering to
  1. This beats me!
  2. Got me--I don't know the answer!
  3. a vexing problem
  4. This question really stuck me
  Synonym:vexstickgetpuzzlemystifybafflebeatposebewilderflummoxstupefynonplusgravelamazedumbfound

双语例句

• It is not worth while to perplex the reader with inquiries into the aBstract nature of evidence
  没有必要用对证据抽象本性的调查来迷惑读者
• I used to draw a comparison between him and Hindley Earnshaw, and perplex myself to explain satisfactorily why their conduct was so opposite in similar circumstances.
  我总是拿他和辛德雷·恩萧相比，我想来想去也难以满意地解释出为什么他们在相似的情况下，行为却如此相反。
• And on all occasions call on the gods, and do not perplex thyself about the length of time in which thou shalt do this; for even three hours so spent are sufficient.
  在所有情况下都向诸神祈祷，不要迷惑你在这上究竟应该花多少时间，就算只花三个小时也是足够的了。
• Don't perplex her with the question.
  你不要以这个问题困惑她。
• The problem, such as sediment and salinization, is both of key factor to influence Yellow diversion irrigated area development, the water resources in the Yellow River brings benefits to us while it brings perplex to us.
  泥沙和盐渍化问题是影响引黄灌区发展的两个关键因素，黄河水资源在给我们带来效益的同时，也带来了这两个问题的困扰。
• Secondly, the irrationality of eros will perplex the rational civilization forever.
  其次，人不仅仅是逻各斯的动物，非理性的厄洛斯永远困扰着人类的理性文明。
• The online archives, which will be updated as new cases are reported, catalogues in minute detail cases ranging from the easily dismissed to a handful that continue to perplex even hard-nosed scientists.
  网上档案，将更新为新举报、目录格物下，从一小撮轻易解雇惑，甚至继续强硬科学家。
• I have no wish to perplex the issue.
  我不想使问题复杂化。
• It perplexed him because he was tackling it the wrong way.
  由于处理不当，这个问题令他大伤脑筋。
• By undue profoundity we perplex and enfeeble thought.
  过于认为奥妙，我们思想反而模糊不清。