perplexity
英 [pə'pleksɪtɪ] 美 [pɚ'plɛksəti]
| 近义词 | paradox 、 knot 、 problem 、 confusion 、 puzzle 、 complexity 、 disturbance | ||
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- n. 困惑；混乱
词态变化
复数: perplexities;
英文词源
- perplexity (n.)
- c. 1300, "bewilderment," from Old French perplexite "confusion, perplexity," from Late Latin perplexitatem (nominative perplexitas), from Latin perplexus "confused, involved, interwoven," from per- "completely" + plexus "entangled," past participle of plectere "to twine" (see complex (adj.)). From 1590s as "something that causes perplexity."
双语例句
- 1. Most of them just stared at her in perplexity.
- 他们多数人茫然地凝视着她。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. She looked at us in some perplexity.
- 她有点困惑不解地看着我们.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He scratched his head in perplexity.
- 他困窘得直抓头皮.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. He began counting them and then, with growing perplexity, counted them a second time.
- 他开始数，然后更加困惑，于是又数了一遍。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Robert outfaces his perplexity with his most peremptory air.
- 罗伯特尽量以专横神气来掩饰窘迫.
来自辞典例句