英语词汇“nonplus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

nonplus

释义

to perplex or disconcert (somebody) or put them at a loss

The guide was bewildered, nonplussed — Mark Twain

chiefly NAmer used in the opposite sense through misapprehension of non- as non-: to fail to perturb or upset (somebody)

Branson was nonplussed by Elliot's refusal – in fact it constituted the perfect challenge — M Brown

[orig in the sense ‘to bring to a nonplus’; from nonplus²]

archaic the state of being perplexed, disconcerted, or at a loss

Dubious words … puzzle men's reason, and bring them to a nonplus — John Locke

[Latin non plus no further]

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