| 单词 | confusion |
| 释义 | confusion (kənfjuːʒən ) Word forms: confusions 1. variable noun B2 If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things. There's still confusion about the number of casualties. [+ about] Omissions in my recent article must have caused confusion. Synonyms: bewilderment, doubt, uncertainty, puzzlement 2. uncountable noun B2 Confusion is a situation in which everything is in disorder, especially because there are lots of things happening at the same time. There was confusion when a man fired shots. The rebel leader appears to have escaped in the confusion. Synonyms: disorder, chaos, turmoil, upheaval 3. variable noun B2 If your mind is in a state of confusion, you do not know what to believe or what you should do. We always left his office in a state of confusion. ...the pressures and confusions of puberty. Synonyms: puzzlement, bewilderment, perplexity, bafflement 4. See also confuse Quotations: Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understoodTropic of Capricorn with ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confoundedParadise Lost Collocations: confusion reigns With so many planets moving into new signs within a short period, confusion reigns. Times, Sunday Times With more than ten networks, each offering around 30 price plans, and hundreds of retailers both on the high street and online, confusion reigns. The Sun But confusion reigns about what should come next. Times, Sunday Times Yet confusion reigns about which foods help to lower blood pressure and cholesterol. Times, Sunday Times No wonder confusion reigns all over. The Sun All the confusion stems from a simple fact: you can't reduce literature to skills. Times, Sunday Times Much of the confusion stems from the multitude of train operators that set prices across the rail network. Times, Sunday Times This confusion stems from the observation that fuel vapor has a near instantaneous lethal effect on the ants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Confusion surrounds these relationships, even in what are usually the most reliable of sources. The Times Literary Supplement One of the main areas of confusion surrounds overseas firms. Times, Sunday Times Confusion surrounds his date of birth, with 1932 and 1936 being cited. Times, Sunday Times She has never been removed as confusion surrounds the identity of her owners and insurers - no-one accepts responsibility for her removal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Much of the confusion surrounds the chronology of its inception. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The university hopes that will prevent 'considerable confusion' for prospective students. Times, Sunday Times The linking of past and future can cause considerable confusion. Christianity Today The poll found considerable confusion of the legal status of smacking. Times, Sunday Times Up until now there has been considerable confusion about when, and even if, the police are entitled to share such information with members of the public. The Sun There was also considerable confusion over dates. Times,Sunday Times Consumer confusion has been exacerbated by the marketing of wet wipes for adults and boasts on their packaging about 'flushability'. Times, Sunday Times These uses are still subject to the requirement that there be no consumer confusion as to source or sponsorship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Symbols on the launch games' packaging clearly indicated the genre of the game, in order to reduce consumer confusion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has been a source of consumer confusion after the introduction of alkaline cells, which last longer than the zinc-chloride heavy-duty cell. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some agencies may use the terms motorhome and campervan interchangeably which may have led to consumer confusion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The need to do this irritates some scientists who say leap seconds create confusion and can cause software crashes. Times, Sunday Times Mixed signals about direction will, in turn, create confusion among new leaders. Christianity Today Also, pleasure and pain trigger the release of similar neurotransmitters such as endorphins and serotonin and that commonality may create confusion. Times, Sunday Times A play where sets of twins create confusion. Times, Sunday Times Stores also create confusion by placing products which are not on offer next to signs for promotions. The Sun Investigate - what you learn will help to eliminate confusion and prove useful when next week's eclipse requires fast action. Times, Sunday Times While this may eliminate confusion, it won't answer your questions, mostly because the actual situations involved remain unsettled. Times, Sunday Times The resulting insights will eliminate confusion and clarify priorities. Times, Sunday Times Customer experiences that eliminate confusion, uncertainty and anxiety reap the rewards, generating a competitive advantage, loyalty and peerless brand image. Times, Sunday Times The scale was 55-86 prior to 2003, but since then the school has utilized a prefix of 1 to eliminate confusion with the traditional 100 point grading scale. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The simple desperations of starvation are replaced by existential and emotional confusion and directionless anger. Times, Sunday Times Don't let your emotional confusion blind you to the health risks of seeing either of these guys. The Sun Multiple marriage experiences actually diminish proficiency, create emotional confusion, and increase unreasonable expectations. Christianity Today Its confusion mirrors their own emotional confusion. Times, Sunday Times He could hardly admit to himself how troubled he was, and so his representations to the session, which downplayed his emotional confusion, served to hide his real condition from them. Christianity Today In their article about it, they express confusion at her being voted in. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He then expressed confusion at the conversation and the pair argued. Times, Sunday Times Miller also expressed confusion over the letter's reference to her glory hole. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thus, he expressed confusion at its being considered a romantic song. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She has expressed confusion over the full extent of her own powers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Groupings of lights may generate confusion, distract from obstacles (including those that they may be intended to illuminate), and potentially cause accidents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This may generate confusion, as green lights are also used to signify an incident command vehicle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This, he stated, made them appear ambiguous (unpredictable) thereby generate confusion and disorder. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the other hand, it also generates confusion. The Times Literary Supplement People accept that, in the initial confusion of a crisis, mistakes will be made. Times,Sunday Times Traders say there was initial confusion as they digested the news. Houston Chronicle Despite initial confusion in the crowd as to which way the kick had gone, it was a good decision. Times, Sunday Times He suspects that many other people shared his initial confusion. Times,Sunday Times Their first-person accounts are similar but not samey — initial confusion, the realisation that they're hurt, treatment, anger, fear, stoicism and eventual ongoing rehabilitation. Times, Sunday Times But there was mass confusion at the end. The Sun Mass confusion isn't likely, because most scientists working with sequence understand the caveats of annotation. The Scientist Mass confusion ensued regarding which season was officially season five and which was season six. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because of the sheer volume of goods, it would create mass confusion if the individual vendors transported their own goods and equipment into the site. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nevertheless, this set the stage for mass confusion down the line of strategic thinkers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he did not reveal honour with his concession in 1969, rather a kind of moral confusion, however admirable. Times, Sunday Times The coalition needs to sort out its moral confusion, because an economic recovery built on debt will carry the seeds of its own destruction. Times, Sunday Times What a wealth of genuine decency, oppressive rigidity, moral confusion and out-and-out hypocrisy has been inspired by that phrase! Times, Sunday Times Such crassly righteous moral confusion belongs in a tabloid editorial rather than in a novel for grown-ups. Times, Sunday Times The result: moral confusion all round. Times, Sunday Times But his efforts to resolve the confusion are less than sure-footed. The Times Literary Supplement There have been many attempts to resolve the confusion by providing alternative notations for power-of-two multiples. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The action and dialogue are fast-paced, as the characters are constantly bickering or frantically trying to resolve some confusion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We mean a detailed address resolving the confusion most of the country feels. The Sun The bewildering curbs sow confusion, disobedience and derision. The Sun Active measures did not always work but often muddied the waters sufficiently to sow confusion and doubt. Times, Sunday Times Troll farms sow confusion on social media. Times,Sunday Times According to the opposition, the government engineered the division in the party to sow confusion among the electorate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The deception has sown confusion among biographers and the editors of reference books ever since. Times, Sunday Times A travelling reporter described the atmosphere as 'utter confusion'. Times, Sunday Times From there, the matter descended into utter confusion. Times, Sunday Times A rare moment of self-awareness that caused utter confusion, for a nano-second. The Sun Utter confusion as to how the game should be shaped has not helped. Times, Sunday Times I keep myself in a constant state of utter confusion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But she reversed the decision yesterday amid widespread confusion over where council enforcers should draw the line between cafés and restaurants. Times,Sunday Times Many of the questions savers are asking reveal widespread confusion about how the new rules work. Times, Sunday Times But the laws to get rid of the office of elected mayor are more complicated and have brought widespread confusion. Times, Sunday Times This row has revealed widespread confusion over the statistics on house prices. Times, Sunday Times The widespread confusion over emissions and future regulation means that potential new buyers simply sit on their hands. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 混淆 Japanese: 混同 |
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