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perplex

v.困惑

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perplex为六级词汇

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副词:perplexingly 动词过去式:perplexed 过去分词:perplexed 现在分词:perplexing 第三人称单数:perplexes

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ply,pli,ple=to fold(表"倍;重"之义)

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baffle  bewilder  confound  mystify  puzzle    

perplex


/pə'pleks; pɚ`plɛks/
v [Tn] make (sb) feel puzzled or confused; bewilder 使(某人)困惑、糊涂或迷惑
*The question perplexed me. 那问题把我难住了.
* We were perplexed by his failure to answer the letter. 他何以不覆信, 我们大惑不解.
* The whole affair is very perplexing. 整件事令人感到莫名其妙.

perplex


v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: perplex 'perplexed' (14-17 centuries), from Latin perplexus, from plexus 'twisted together']
if something perplexes you, it makes you feel confused and worried because it is difficult to understand
= puzzle
 Shea's symptoms perplexed the doctors.
>perplexingadj
 a perplexing problem