| 单词 | confuse |
| 释义 | confuseWord family noun confusion confusabilityconfusednessadjective confused confusing confusableverb confuse adverb confusedly confusingly con·fuse /kənˈfjuːz/ ●●○ verb [transitiveT] 1 CONFUSEDto make someone feel that they cannot think clearly or do not understand 使困惑，把〔某人〕弄糊涂 I understand the text but the diagrams are confusing me. 文字我理解，但是图表把我弄糊涂了。 2 CONFUSEDto think wrongly that a person or thing is someone or something else 〔把人或物〕混淆，弄错 People might well confuse the two products. 人们很容易混淆这两种产品。 confuse somebody/something with somebody/something I always confuse you with your sister – you look so alike. 我总是把你和你妹妹搞错，你们俩太像了。 Donald Regan, not to be confused with former President Ronald Reagan 唐纳德•里根，不要把他与前总统罗纳德•里根混淆 3 confuse the issue/matter/argument etc CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDto make it even more difficult to think clearly about a situation or problem or to deal with it 使问题/事情/争论等更加复杂 He kept asking unnecessary questions which only confused the issue. 他不停地问些无关紧要的问题，反而使这个问题更为复杂。 Examples from the Corpus confuse the issue/matter/argument etc• His reply was inpart denial of the criticisms, and inpart an attempt to change the issue or confuse the matter.• Making comparisons between brains is a very risky business because there are confounding variables to confuse the issue.• Perceptions, such as hers, distort the truth and confuse the issue.• The politicians, on the lookout for arguments to extend their authoritarianism, jumped at this opportunity to confuse the issue.• This will only serve to confuse the issue.• The Catholic arguments confuse the issue, but this time, for all the wrong reasons, the Pope is infallible.• This attempt to confuse the issue went unanswered, and Santa Anna continued his preparations to advance on the capital. Examples from the Corpus confuse• You don't write a resume to get a job; you write it to get an interview - don't get the two things confused.• His policies, especially in the first two years of his presidency, often have been confusing and contradictory.• I always confuse Anthea with her sister - they're so alike.• I hope my explanation didn't confuse everybody.• His sudden change in mood completely confused her.• She was confusing him with her old dreams.• Don't show him the other way of doing it - it'll only confuse him.• I think my explanation only confused matters further.• The instructions just confused me even more.• The Press Secretary gave a completely different version of events, which greatly confused the situation.• This nomenclature tends to confuse the terminology.• The twins liked to confuse their teachers by switching seats.• It is only by confusing them that Atkins can hold that mathematics and physical reality are identical.• It would be difficult to confuse this with any other species.• We must be careful not to confuse two issues here.• Try not to confuse "your" and "you're". confuse somebody/something with somebody/something• In-line skating is not to be confused with roller skating. (1800-1900) confused |
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