con·fuse
verb/kənˈfjuːz/
/kənˈfjuːz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they confuse | /kənˈfjuːz/ /kənˈfjuːz/ |
| he / she / it confuses | /kənˈfjuːzɪz/ /kənˈfjuːzɪz/ |
| past simple confused | /kənˈfjuːzd/ /kənˈfjuːzd/ |
| past participle confused | /kənˈfjuːzd/ /kənˈfjuːzd/ |
| -ing form confusing | /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/ /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody unable to think clearly or understand something
使糊涂；使迷惑 - confuse somebody These two sets of statistics are guaranteed to confuse the public.
这两组统计数据肯定会让公众感到困惑。 - confuse somebody with something They confused me with conflicting accounts of what happened.
他们对发生的事所作的陈述自相矛盾，使我迷惑不解。
Extra Examples- Seeing the two of them together totally confused me.
看到他们两个在一起，我给完全搞糊涂了。 - They have deliberately confused the general public with their claims.
他们故意用自己的要求混淆大众的视线。 - Doctors love to confuse us with obscure Latin names and terms.
医生爱用晦涩的拉丁名和术语迷惑我们。 - These instructions confused everyone.
这些说明让每个人都感到糊涂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- really
- thoroughly
- …
- confuse somebody These two sets of statistics are guaranteed to confuse the public.
- to think wrongly that somebody/something is somebody/something else
误以为…是（…）；弄错；搞错 - confuse A and B People often confuse me and my twin sister.
人们常常把我和我的孪生妹妹搞错。 - confuse A with B Be careful not to confuse quantity with quality.
注意不要把数量与质量混淆了。 - confuse A for B She says that meteors breaking apart can easily be confused for UFOs.
她说，分裂的流星很容易被误认为是不明飞行物。
Extra Examples- I sometimes confuse Jane with her sister.
我有时把简和她的妹妹搞混。 - You can easily confuse the two paintings.
这两幅画很容易弄混。 - An apology for something should not be confused with genuine remorse.
对某事的道歉不应与真正的悔恨相混淆。 - The Tasmanian wolf is not to be confused with the dingo.
不要把袋狼和澳洲野犬搞混。 - The condition can sometimes be confused for influenza.
这种症状有时候会被误作流感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- for
- with
- confuse A and B People often confuse me and my twin sister.
- confuse something to make a subject more difficult to understand
使更难于理解 - His comments only served to confuse the issue further.
他的评论只是把问题弄得更加复杂。
Extra Examples- There are too many different rules confusing the situation.
有太多不同的规则使情况变得混乱。 - Just to confuse matters, they have decided to give all the streets new names.
为了混淆视听，他们决定给所有街道起新名字。 - His latest comments only serve to confuse the issue further.
他最近的说法只是使问题更难懂。 - I will try to be brief and avoid further confusing the issue.
我尽量简要地说，免得把问题弄得更复杂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- really
- thoroughly
- …
- His comments only served to confuse the issue further.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘rout, bring to ruin’): from Old French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere ‘mingle together’. Originally all senses of the verb were passive, and therefore appeared only as the past participle confused; the active voice occurred rarely until the 19th cent. when it began to replace confound.