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  • Conjugation : past  confused ; ing  confusing
  • Derivatives : n  confusedness ; adj  confusedly ; adj  confusing ; adv  confusingly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

confuse [kən'fjuːz]
  1. 1. vt. (perplex) 把…弄糊涂
  2. 2. vt. (mix up) 混淆
  3. 3. vt. (complicate) 搞乱
    to confuse sb/sth with sb/sth
    某人/某物与某人/某物搞混

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

confuse [kənˈfjuːz]
  1. 1. vt. 混同混淆
    You've obviously confused her with me.
    显然把我和她弄混了。
  2. 2. vt. 使困惑,使糊涂
    They did not want to confuse their audience with too much information.
    他们希望用太多的信息来让听众感到困惑
    These questions confuse even the experts.
    这些问题甚至专家也搞糊涂了。
  3. 3. vt. 使窘迫,使难堪
    I told no one about my visit because I was so confused.
    没有告诉任何人我曾到访因为我很窘迫不安
    The constant attention of the young man confused her.
    那个年轻人一直注视着她,这令她感到困惑
  4. 4. vt. 搞乱打乱,使混乱
    I am sure that I have confused the order of questions.
    肯定我弄混了问题顺序
  5. 5. vt. 使含糊,使模糊不清
    Poor accounting practices may serve to confuse the matter.
    糟糕会计工作足以使事情变得混乱不清。
    Her remarks confused the debate.
    他的话把辩论搞乱了。
  6. 6. vt. [Archaic] 打垮击溃
  7. 7. vi. 辨别不出,分不清

Collins English-English Dictionary

confuse [kən'fjuːz]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to bewilder; perplex
  2. 2. vt. to mix up (things, ideas, etc); jumble
  3. 3. vt. to make unclear
    he confused his talk with irrelevant details
  4. 4. vt. to fail to recognize the difference between; mistake (one thing) for another
  5. 5. vt. to disconcert; embarrass
  6. 6. vt. to cause to become disordered
    the enemy ranks were confused by gas
  7. 7. vt. [Etymology] C18: back formation from confused, from Latin confusus mingled together, from confundere to pour together; see confound

Examples

to confuse {or} cloud the issue
混淆问题
The twins even confuse their mother sometimes.
这一对双胞胎,有时候他们的妈妈都分不清楚。
They did not want to confuse their audience with too much information.
他们不希望用太多的信息来让听众感到困惑。
The food has a hint of spice, too, just to confuse you.
这种食物有一种轻微的芳香,那也仅仅是用来迷惑你的。
You should not confuse your reader with technical terms or jargon.
你不应该用专有名词或者术语来使你的读者感到困惑。

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