| 单词 | perplex |
| 释义 | perplex (once / 275 pages) v To perplex someone is to amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, or puzzle them. Perplexing things are hard to understand. 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?" WORD FAMILYperplex: perplexed, perplexes, perplexing+/perplexed: perplexedly, perplexity, unperplexed/perplexing: perplexingly/perplexity: perplexities USAGE EXAMPLESA Casebook of Ingenious, Perplexing and Totally Satisfying Puzzles is available from the Guardian Bookshop and other retailers. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) INCONSISTENCIES: Both teams were perplexingly inconsistent this season. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) What worries and perplexes many Muslims and their friends here is what lies beneath the surface. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) 1v be a mystery or bewildering to Syn|Hypo|Hyper amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex mix up, stump cause to be perplexed or confounded riddleset a difficult problem or riddle elude, escapebe incomprehensible to; escape understanding by defy, refuse, resistelude, especially in a baffling way bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly 2v make more complicated Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper complicate simplify make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent complexify make complex embrangle, snarl, snarl upmake more complicated or confused through entanglements snafucause to be in a state of complete confusion alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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