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confusedly

/kuhn-fyooz/US // kənˈfyuz //UK // (kənˈfjuːz) //

糊里糊涂地,糊涂地,混乱地,糊里糊涂的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·fused, con·fus·ing.

    • : to perplex or bewilder: The flood of questions confused me.
    • : to make unclear or indistinct: The rumors and angry charges tended to confuse the issue.
    • : to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake; confound: to confuse dates; He always confuses the twins.
    • : to disconcert or abash: His candor confused her.
    • : to combine without order; jumble; disorder: Try not to confuse the papers on the desk.
    • : Archaic. to bring to ruin or naught.

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Examples

  • People often confuse the animals with flying squirrels or a giant fruit bat called kluang in Malay.

  • Research has shown that election forecasts that show the probability of a candidate winning increase certainty about an election’s outcome, confuse many voters, and decrease turnout.

  • Before resting, they jump away from their tracks to confuse predators.

  • This is meant to confuse the quarterback, but on the first play, Ryan wasn’t in the right spot and it led to a 32-yard completion to Cam Sims.

  • So we don't want to confuse people with different numbers, but it is more than 90 and I believe will remain more than 90.

  • Yet those who call Mitt a “Stepford Husband” do so confusedly.

  • The president smiled confusedly, then mumbled “I agree” before the man was escorted out of the building.

  • "No, seor—I have no brother: that caballero, he is only a——a friend of my father's," she answered confusedly.

  • Confusedly, the young man in the library had made her feel for the first time what might be the sweetness of dependence.

  • All her old resentments and rebellions flamed up, confusedly mingled with the yearning roused by Harney's nearness.

  • Two dark blue eyes stared confusedly at the letter—at her own handwriting.

  • Such exclamations from the stalls confusedly rose among many others.