confusion

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基本釋義

n.
困惑; 混淆; 尷尬; 混亂局面

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

There is some confusion about what the correct procedure should be.

對(duì)于應(yīng)該采取什么正確步驟,還是有些不明確。

牛津詞典

a confusion as to what to do next

不清楚下一步該怎么辦

牛津詞典

To avoid confusion, please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.

為避免搞錯(cuò),請(qǐng)?jiān)诤⒆铀械男7蠈懬宄麄兊男彰?/p>

牛津詞典

confusion between letters of the alphabet like ‘o ’ or ‘a(chǎn) ’

像o或a這類字母之間的易于混淆

牛津詞典

He looked at me in confusion and did not answer the question.

他困窘地看著我,沒(méi)有回答問(wèn)題。

牛津詞典

Fighting had broken out and all was chaos and confusion.

戰(zhàn)斗爆發(fā)了,一切都陷入了混亂不堪的狀態(tài)。

牛津詞典

Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.

她的突然到來(lái)使得我們不知所措,亂成一團(tuán)。

牛津詞典

...the pressures and confusions of puberty.

青春期的種種壓力和困惑

There's still confusion about the number of casualties...

傷亡人數(shù)依然不明。

Omissions in my recent article must have caused confusion.

我最近一篇文章中的幾處省略肯定造成了困惑。

There was confusion when a man fired shots...

一個(gè)男子開(kāi)了幾槍,場(chǎng)面一片混亂。

The rebel leader appears to have escaped in the confusion.

叛亂分子首領(lǐng)似乎已乘亂逃脫。

We always left his office in a state of confusion.

我們總是一頭霧水地離開(kāi)他的辦公室。

Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion.

只有兩只野狗從這場(chǎng)混亂中得到了好處.

《用法詞典》

In the confusion her departure passed unnoticed.

混亂之中,沒(méi)有人注意到她走了.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

His unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.

他的突然來(lái)訪使我們完全不知所措.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Confusion betrays the guilty.

慌張顯出有罪,神色慌張必有鬼.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

This accident upset our plans and threw us into confusion.

這個(gè)意外事件攪亂了我的陣腳.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

His speech flung the meeting into confusion.

他的發(fā)言使會(huì)場(chǎng)一片混亂.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Words like " believe " and " receive " are a source of confusion in spelling.

諸如believe和receive這樣的詞在拼寫上容易混淆.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

The meeting adjourned in confusion.

會(huì)議在混亂中休會(huì).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

In the ensuing confusion another eight persons were hurt.

在隨后的騷動(dòng)中,又有八人受傷.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

His arrival created a terrible confusion.

他的到來(lái)引起一場(chǎng)大亂.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

A small child's confusion in distinguishing the right from the wrong is quite natural.

小孩子不明是非是很正常的.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

His answers to my questions have only added to my confusion.

他對(duì)我的問(wèn)題的回答只是使我更加困惑不解.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

When the government policies are expressed imprecisely, confusion results.

政府政策的措辭含混不清就會(huì)產(chǎn)生混亂.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Our surprise attack caught the enemy off balance and threw them into confusion.

我們的突然襲擊把敵人打了個(gè)冷不防,他們頓時(shí)亂作一團(tuán).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

真題例句

Leigh Thompson of Kellogg School of Management in Illinois warns that, Teams are not always the answer—teams may provide insight, creativity and knowledge in a way that a person working independently cannot; but teamwork may also lead to confusion, delay and poor decision-making.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Social psychologist, John Roberts, finally cleared up the confusion about why people sometimes perform better and sometimes worse in front of an audience

出自-2012年12月聽(tīng)力原文

There are many things that can cause confusion and memory loss, including health problems like temporary stoppage of breathing during sleep, high blood pressure, or depression, as well as medications like antidepressants.

2018年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

By making the effort to organize and label files so others can understand them, scientists become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product, said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

These changes have cleared up much of the confusion and conflict that followed in the wake of 1976 legislation.

出自-2014年6月聽(tīng)力原文

"This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product," said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.

2016年6月六級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

One major cause of this problem is the confusion over food expiration labels, which are currently not regulated by the government.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽(tīng)力 Section A

Because of the confusion, Merat thinks some car makers will wait until vehicles can be fully automated without operation.

2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope-all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words:.

出自-2009年考研閱讀原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably;

    "the army retreated in confusion"

  • 2. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior;

    "a confusion of impressions"

  • 3. a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused

  • 4. an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended;

    "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"

  • 5. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another;

    "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"

同義詞辨析

confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

這些名詞均表示事物的"混亂"狀態(tài)。

  • confusion: 指東西攪混在一起,凌亂得難以辨認(rèn);也可指思想混亂,以致無(wú)法進(jìn)行正常的思維活動(dòng)。
  • disorder: 正式用詞,含義廣泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混亂;也可指社會(huì)中的動(dòng)亂或騷亂。
  • disturbance: 主要指社會(huì)中政治性的動(dòng)亂、騷亂;也可指?jìng)€(gè)人或少數(shù)人的鬧事。
  • mess: 語(yǔ)氣強(qiáng),口語(yǔ)中較常用的非正式用詞。指既混亂又骯臟,尤指人思想混亂或外表不整潔。
  • chaos: 著重指令人無(wú)能為力或感到絕望的混亂狀態(tài)。突出沒(méi)有很好的組織。

同義詞

反義詞

n.混亂;困惑;混淆

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