单词 | baffling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | bafflebaf‧fle1 /ˈbæfəl/ ●○○ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINbaffle1 Verb TableOrigin: 1500-1600 Probably from Scottish English bawchill ‘to criticize publicly’VERB TABLE baffle
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Longman Language Activatorto make someone feel confused► confuse Collocations · His sudden change in mood completely confused her.· Don't show him the other way of doing it - it'll only confuse him. ► puzzle if something puzzles you, you are completely unable to understand it, or why it has happened: · Her unwillingness to answer any of his questions puzzled him.what puzzles me is: · What puzzles me is why she doesn't just leave him. ► baffle if something baffles you, you cannot understand it at all, even though you try very hard to: · The exact nature of black holes continues to baffle scientists.· The fact that none of the neighbors ever reported the abuse has baffled authorities. ► throw if something throws you, it makes you suddenly feel confused because it is unexpected and surprising: · I could answer most of the questions but the last one really threw me.throw somebody for a loop American informal (=completely confuse someone): · Rick was Kitty's boyfriend, you know, and his death threw her for a loop. ► do your head in British spoken if someone or something is doing your head in , they are making you feel very confused and often very annoyed or worried: · He's so fussy about how he wants things done, it really does my head in.· I've got to do an essay on Kant and it's doing my head in. something that makes you feel confused► confusing confusing instructions, explanations, situations etc make you feel confused, because it is not clear what they mean or what you should do: · The road signs were very confusing and we ended up getting lost.· I found some of the questions really confusing.confusing for: · The procedure can be a little confusing for beginners. ► puzzling a puzzling action or situation is very confusing, especially because it is strange or new, or because a lot of different things are happening at the same time: · Jan's decision not to take part in the race was very puzzling.· Don't you think it's puzzling that no-one noticed them leave?puzzling to: · Some of the results of the experiments were puzzling to researchers. ► baffling extremely difficult or impossible to understand, and therefore making you feel extremely confused: · I found his sudden refusal to come to the wedding completely baffling.· New evidence has provided a clue to one of the most baffling crimes the police have had to deal with. ► bewildering a bewildering situation is very confusing, especially because it is strange or new, or because of lot of different things are happening at the same time: · Changes in society are happening so fast, they sometimes seem bewildering.a bewildering number/variety/range etc (=so many things that is difficult for you to choose): · There was a bewildering variety of styles to choose from. when something is difficult to solve► puzzle to be difficult for someone to explain or understand: · There are things that still puzzle me about this new computer system.· What puzzles me about the robbery, is how they managed to enter the building unseen. ► mystify if something mystifies you, it is impossible for you to understand or explain: · Why you want to leave such a good job mystifies me.· Detective Oakley was mystified. He had never seen such a strange set of evidence in the whole of his career. ► baffle if something baffles you it is very confusing and impossible for you to understand: · What baffles me is how anyone could escape from the jail in broad daylight.· We've spent weeks investigating this case and it's got us completely baffled. ► perplex formal if something perplexes you, it is confusing, worrying, and difficult for you to understand: · The question of how the murderer had gained entry to the house perplexed the police for several weeks. difficult or impossible to understand► puzzling a puzzling situation makes you feel confused, because you have tried to understand it or explain it, but you cannot: · The police are investigating the puzzling death of a man found on the freeway.· Alzheimer's disease is one of medicine's most puzzling and feared illnesses.· The fact that many people still do not understand this basic concept is both puzzling and troubling. ► baffling extremely difficult or impossible to understand, and therefore making you feel extremely confused: · To an ordinary person, the legal arguments were baffling.· New evidence has provided a clue to one of the most baffling crimes the police have had to deal with. ► incomprehensible impossible to understand: · His English was incomprehensible.it is incomprehensible that: · It is incomprehensible that a tragedy like this could be joked about.incomprehensible to: · The leaflet was written in jargon that would have been totally incomprehensible to anyone outside the profession. ► unintelligible speech or writing that is unintelligible is impossible to understand because it is not clear, simple, or well planned: · Joe muttered something unintelligible, clasping his head in his hands.· Radio transmissions were often cut off or unintelligible. ► incoherent incoherent speech is very difficult to understand, especially because the person who is speaking is drunk, ill, or very angry: · Harris gave rambling, incoherent answers to questions about the case.· She was clearly very ill, and at times her speech was incoherent. ► obscure a statement, joke, or idea that is obscure is very difficult to understand because the meaning is not clear unless it is carefully explained to you: · Best's art is eccentric and obscure.· Publishers would not print his earlier poetry because they felt it was too obscure. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a puzzled/baffled/bewildered expression if something baffles you, you cannot understand or explain it at all: The question baffled me completely.—baffled adjective: We were all utterly baffled.—baffling adjective: a baffling mystery—bafflement noun [uncountable] (=one that shows you are confused or cannot understand something)· I can still recall Dan’s baffled expression when I asked him for an answer. |
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