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perplexed

/per-plekst/US // pərˈplɛkst //

困惑的,困惑不解的,困惑,困惑不解

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : bewildered; puzzled: a perplexed state of mind.
    • : complicated; involved; entangled.

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Examples

  • I sat perplexed with my fleshy bottom folding over a mound of quartz.

  • While I adjusted the shelter, a woman with an elegant parka and an even more elegant dog walked past us, gawking and perplexed.

  • The HbA1c shift was exciting, but Faustman was perplexed when she looked for its cause.

  • My well-meaning if perplexed parents attempted to secure care for me through standard methods.

  • And, if they can sit tight through too many similar home-recording scenes, it should help the perplexed appreciate her appeal.

  • A CDC that seems perplexed by the ABCs of containing a highly predictable outbreak.

  • In fact, a number of officers were perplexed that religious freedom was considered to be a serious issue within the service.

  • Our family is fanatically loyal to accommodating businesses and avoid those that seem perplexed by us.

  • A young Martin, perplexed by this, asked his parents for an explanation.

  • But little has perplexed me in recent years quite so much as the supposed miracle that is Soylent.

  • He thrust his tiny tuft of beard between his teeth—a trick he had when perplexed or thoughtful.

  • "Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.

  • He is perplexed and hindered by the lack of soldiers, but is doing his best with his small forces.

  • He leaped out to see what had happened, and, after a few perplexed and exhausting moments, remembered.

  • The observer might well remain perplexed at the pathetic discord between human work and human wants.