| 正面 | 3543.confuse 英 [kən'fjuːz]美 [kən'fjʊz]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. 各种东西倾倒到一起。vt. 使混乱；使困惑 例句： 1. I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life.我认为把书本同生活混为一谈是大错特错。 confuse 困惑con-, 强调。-fus, 流，倾泻，词源同fusion, foundry. 即流到一起的，难以区别的。 confuse (v.)1550s, in literal sense "mix or mingle things so as to render the elements indistinguishable;" attested from mid-18c. in active, figurative sense of "discomfit in mind or feeling;" not in general use until 19c., taking over senses formerly belonging to confound, dumbfound, flabbergast etc. The past participle confused (q.v.) is attested much earlier (serving as an alternative past tense to confound), and the verb here might be a back-formation from it. Related: Confusing." |