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Confuse Make Kənˈfjuːz   [V Difficult Understand Confused Verb

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confuse

[kənˈfju:z]confused, confusing, confuses

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confused[22143] confuses[701] confusing[7374]
混淆(85%),使混乱(8%),使困惑(7%)
vt.使混乱;使困惑
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Collins
confuse ★★☆☆☆
/kənfju͟ːz/
1
[VERB 动词]混淆;搞错 If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
  [V pl-n]
  [V n with n]
  • Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects...

    大家非常谨慎,以免把这两类项目弄混。

  • I can't see how anyone could confuse you with another!

    我不明白怎么会有人把你和另外一个人搞混!

confusion
  • Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.

    用不同颜色的毡头笔画草图,以免搞混。

2
[VERB 动词]把…弄糊涂;使困惑 To confuse someone means to make it difficult for them to know exactly what is happening or what to do.
  [V n]
  • German politics surprised and confused him.

    德国政治既令他惊讶,又让他困惑不解。

3
[VERB 动词]搅乱;使复杂化 To confuse a situation means to make it complicated or difficult to understand.
  [V n]
  • To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.

    使问题进一步复杂化的是,每个人需要的睡眠时间千差万别。


Oxford
con·fuse / kənˈfjuːz ; NAmE kənˈfjuːz / verb 1 confusesb to make sb unable to think clearly or understand sth 使糊涂;使迷惑 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。 2 confuseA and/with B to think wrongly that sb/sth is sb/sth else (将…)混淆,混同 SYN
mix up
People often confuse me and my twin sister. 人们常常把我和我的孪生妹妹搞错。 Be careful not to confuse quantity with quality. 注意不要把数量与质量混淆了。
3 confusesth 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。 confuse confuses confused confusing
con·fuse / kənˈfjuːz ; NAmE kənˈfjuːz /
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confusecon‧fuse /kənˈfjuːz/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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1to make someone feel that they cannot think clearly or do not understand:  I understand the text but the diagrams are confusing me.2to think wrongly that a person or thing is someone or something else:  People might well confuse the two products.confuse somebody/something with somebody/something I always confuse you with your sister – you look so alike. Donald Regan, not to be confused with former President Ronald Reagan3confuse the issue/matter/argument etc to make it even more difficult to think clearly about a situation or problem or to deal with it:  He kept asking unnecessary questions which only confused the issue.

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