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Perplex Math Perplexing Things Hard Understand 英 Pə'Pleks] 美

英语单词 perplex
英美音标 英 [pə'pleks] 美 [pər'pleks]
中文释义 v.使困惑;使糊涂;使复杂化
英语例句 (1) When new math was introduced into schools, many parents were perplexed by it.
(2) Faced with that dilemma, he was perplexed.
中文例句 (1) 当学校开设新的数学课时,许多家长对此感到迷惑不解。
(2) 他面对进退两难的局面,不知如何是好。
vocabulary简明 To perplex someone is to amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, or puzzle them. Perplexing things are hard to understand.
vocabulary扩展 If you're perplexed, then you're confused. Different things perplex different people. In football, a tricky defense will perplex a quarterback. Complicated formulas can perplex math students. When people do weird things, it can be perplexing. Anything hard to understand might perplex you. Perplexing also means to make something more complicated. So when you see the word perplex, think "Huh?"
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]使困惑;使担心;迷惑 If something perplexes you, it confuses and worries you because you do not understand it or because it causes you difficulty.
  [V n]
  • It perplexed him because he was tackling it the wrong way.

    由于处理不当,这个问题令他大伤脑筋。

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