perplexity

英 [pə'pleksəti] 美 [pər'pleksəti]

• n. 困惑；使人困惑的事物

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 困惑
2. 茫然
3. 使人困惑的事情
4. 杂乱状态
5. 混乱
6. 为难
7. 迷惘
8. 难以理解的事物

英英释义

Noun:

1. trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She looked at us in perplexity.
   她茫然地看着我们。
2. He wrinkled up his forehead in perplexity.
   他困惑地皱起了眉头。
3. It's a problem of such perplexity that it was impossible to solve.
   那是个复杂得无法解决的问题。

经典引文

• He hesitated what to do. His mind was in a state of perplexity.

  出自： W. Gerhardie

• Note 6..comments with perplexity on..critical-historical and linguistic-literary approaches.

  出自：Literature Theology

• He..was at a loss, in strange perplexity.

  出自： Juliette Huxley

近反义词

【近义词】

• confusion 惶惑
• paradox 悖论
• knot 结
• quandary 困惑
• complexity 复杂
• problem 问题
• puzzle 难题
• disturbance 扰乱
• puzzlement 迷惑
• bewilderment 困惑
• mystification 故弄玄虚
• blankness 空白
• incomprehension 不理解