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perplexity

/per-plek-si-tee/US // pərˈplɛk sɪ ti //UK // (pəˈplɛksɪtɪ) //

困惑,迷茫,迷惑,疑惑

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural per·plex·i·ties.

    • : the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
    • : something that perplexes: a case plagued with perplexities.
    • : a tangled, involved, or confused condition or situation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounmystery
Synonyms
puzzlement不解之谜,困惑,谜团,不解abstruseness沕沕水,罡风,渊源,沕沕水市charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏chiller冷水机,冷风机,制冷机,冷水机组cliffhanger悬崖勒马,悬念,悬而未决conundrum谜题,谜团,谜语,谜底crux症结,症结所在,关键点,关键cryptogram密码图,密文,加密图,加密difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重enigma谜团,谜题,谜底,谜一样的东西grabber抓取者,抓取器,攫取者,抓斗inscrutability高深莫测,高瞻远瞩,高深莫测的,高密性mystification神化,神秘化,神化现象,神化作用occult玄学,非自然,隐秘,玄秘oracle神谕,神谕者,甲骨文,神谕学poser造型师,装腔作势,装腔作势者,冒充者problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团puzzler谜题,拼图者,谜语,拼图question问题,疑问,疑问句rebus缰绳,重音符号,重音符,重音riddle谜题,谜团,谜语,灯谜rune符文,符石,符咒,符码secrecy秘密,保密性,隐秘性,秘密性sphinx狮身人面像,斯芬克斯,狮身人面,狮身人面兽心stickler执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此stumper跳楼者,跳楼的人,跳远者,跳线subtlety细致,精妙的,精妙,细致的teaser预告,预告片,戏弄,挑逗thriller惊悚片,惊心动魄,惊悚小说,惊悚twister龙卷风,漩涡,捻线机,捻线器whodunit侦探案,侦探小说,悬案,侦探why为什么,为何brainteaser脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯游戏,脑力激荡,益智游戏braintwister脑筋急转弯,脑筋动手术,大脑的烦恼closed book闭卷,封面书,封闭书,不公开的书inscrutableness高深莫测,不透明性,不确定性,不透明mindboggler脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯的人,脑力劳动者,脑筋急转弯的家伙sixty-four-thousand-dollar question六万四千美元的问题,六千四百元的问题,六十四万美金的问题,六万四千美元问题tough nut to crack难啃的骨头,难啃的硬骨头,难解之谜,难解的难题

Examples

  • Amid all the perplexities, some ad tech executives have teased out some clarity.

  • Perhaps the best illustration of the perplexities involved in studying vitamin D in athletes comes from a two-part Bangor University study from 2018.

  • The Company is in complete shock and perplexity to the news.

  • It is the perplexity of this situation that has caused most of the paralysis in Congress.

  • I am not sure how helpful that is, except that the communing certainly keeps us from feeling totally isolated in our perplexity.

  • Greeted with derision in some corners and perplexity in others, the movement's new magazine launches at CPAC today.

  • This change in plan was a source of perplexity bordering on irritation to the Queen.

  • Davy read this over two or three times, in the greatest perplexity, and then gave it up in despair.

  • Miss Anne smiled kindly, not dreaming of his perplexity, amused by his Southern warmth.

  • For he knew that her suffering and her deep perplexity were somewhere, somehow almost equal to his own.

  • But before he had been in San Pasquale an hour, he was plunged into a perplexity and disappointment deeper than he had yet felt.

  • When, in reply to his questions in regard to Alessandro's wife, Felipe heard her spoken of as "Majella," his perplexity deepened.