Front | nonplus |
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Pron | [ˌnɒn'plʌs] |
Back | 【nonplus】 v.使困惑 He was nonplused by the strange customs he saw everywhere in the country. 他在这国各地看到奇怪习俗,困惑了他。 |
Vocab | nonplusbe a mystery or bewildering to
To nonplus is to baffle or confuse someone to the point that they have nothing to say. Something weird and mysterious can nonplus you, like a play that is performed entirely by chickens. If you know a little French or Latin, you'll recognize that "non plus" means "no more." When something bewildering nonpluses you, there's no more you can say or do about it. A goal of getting poor grades, running with a bad crowd, and refusing to eat would leave your parents nonplussed. Sometimes people misuse nonplus to mean "unimpressed," but that's not correct: to nonplus is to puzzle, confuse, and dumbfound. All forms of 'nonplus' will appear on average once every 6307 pages. nonplused nonplussed nonplus plus |
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