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perplexing

/per-pleks/US // pərˈplɛks //UK // (pəˈplɛks) //

令人困惑的,令人费解的,令人疑惑的,令人费解

Related Words

mystify神秘化,神化,使人感到神秘的是,使人迷惑的是confound困惑,混淆,混淆视听complicate复杂化,复杂,复杂的,错综复杂dumbfound哑然失笑,蠢蠢欲动,哑巴,哑口无言bewilder迷惑,迷惑人,迷惑人心,迷惑人的perturb扰乱,扰动,扰乱秩序,扰乱了befuddle淆乱,混乱,混淆视听,淆乱人心puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团astound惊愕,惊奇,惊天动地,令人震惊的是baffle挡板,档板,迷惑,迷惑性encumber负担,拖累,负担不起,拖累了astonish惊奇,令人震惊的,令人震惊,震慑surprise惊喜,惊奇,惊讶,突击检查nonplus非加,非加号,不加,非加码entangle纠缠,纠结,纠缠在一起,缠结muck粪便,泥土,粪土,烂泥discompose忧虑,扰乱,紊乱,扰乱气氛stump树桩,残端,残枝败叶,残枝discombobulate混淆视听,搞混了,混沌不清,混淆视听的情况下rattle拨浪鼓,拨浪鼓的声音,拨动,拨浪鼓声

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
    • : to make complicated or confused, as a matter or question.
    • : to hamper with complications, confusion, or uncertainty.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.difficult to understand
Synonyms
baffling令人费解的,令人困惑的,莫名其妙的,令人困惑的是complicated复杂的,复杂,错综复杂的,错综复杂confusing混乱的,混乱,令人困惑的,扑朔迷离convoluted错综复杂,错综复杂的,复杂的,复杂disconcerting令人不安的,让人不安的,令人不安,让人不安的是knotty疑难杂症,复杂的,棘手的,棘手的问题mysterious神秘的,神秘,神奇的,玄妙的mystifying阴阳怪气,神秘的,阴阳怪气的,神奇的puzzling令人费解的是,令人费解的,令人困惑的是,令人费解thorny多刺的,棘手的,荆棘丛生,棘手的问题worrying忧虑,忧心忡忡,担忧,堪忧involved涉及的,涉及到的,涉及,涉及的问题taxing征税,征税的,税收,课税beyond one超过一个,超越一个,超越一,超乎寻常的impenetrable坚不可摧的,坚不可摧,坚不可摧的人,不可逾越intricate复杂的,错综复杂的,错综复杂,复杂mind-bending令人费解的,令人费解的是,令人费解,令人心动的paradoxical矛盾的,悖论式的,自相矛盾的,悖论性

Examples

  • The New York Times called the explanations “perplexing” and insufficient.

  • Now the high court has reversed course, offering a perplexing dilemma and a challenge to the Vatican.

  • Even more perplexing is that Viktor Yanukovych was still officially the president of Ukraine and Crimea on February 20.

  • Given this perplexing picture, what, if anything, looks like a firm fact?

  • Once again, we are approaching that most solemn and perplexing American social ritual—the Super Bowl party.

  • It offers, to those who see it aright, the most perplexing industrial paradox ever presented in the history of mankind.

  • Whether any further punishment could be inflicted on him was a perplexing question.

  • At an early stage of the proceedings a new and perplexing question was raised.

  • I saw that Galt Roscoe wished to speak to me on the subject perplexing him, but I did not help him.

  • On the contrary, should we be involved in those perplexing affairs, they may easily detain me till the middle of next month.

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