| 单词 | at sea |
| 释义 | at sea (once / 468 pages) adj Someone who's at sea is completely lost or deeply confused. When you're giving a speech, the last thing you want is to appear to be at sea, stumbling over your words and losing your place. If you suspected that your state government was at sea, you'd have a sinking feeling that no one in the state house knew what they were doing. Likewise, if you're at sea in your advanced Italian class, you might want to move into the intermediate group. The phrase at sea — or all at sea — has a nautical source: before modern navigational systems, when a ship was at sea, it was out of sight of land and therefore in a dangerous, uncertain position. WORD FAMILYat sea USAGE EXAMPLESOfficials sometimes keep ships waiting at sea until they are paid off, according to a stevedore who spoke anonymously because he feared losing his job. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) More please: Documentaries that approach their subjects with experimentation and imagination, such as “Tower,” “Fire at Sea” and “I Am Not Your Negro.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Syria ultimately surrendered the toxic agents and production materials for destruction at sea. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) adj perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment Syn baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up perplexed full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment |
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