confuse

[英] [kənˈfju:z] [美] [kənˈfjuz] 生词本

vt.

vi.

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1. VERB 混淆;搞错 If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one. 
  • Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects...

    大家非常谨慎,以免把这两类项目弄混。

  • I can't see how anyone could confuse you with another!

    我不明白怎么会有人把你和另外一个人搞混!

confusion
  • Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.

    用不同颜色的毡头笔画草图,以免搞混。

2. VERB 把…弄糊涂;使困惑 To confuse someone means to make it difficult for them to know exactly what is happening or what to do. 
  • German politics surprised and confused him.

    德国政治既令他惊讶,又让他困惑不解。

3. VERB 搅乱;使复杂化 To confuse a situation means to make it complicated or difficult to understand. 
  • To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.

    使问题进一步复杂化的是,每个人需要的睡眠时间千差万别。

Verb

1. mistake one thing for another;

  • "you are confusing me with the other candidate"
  • "I mistook her for the secretary"

2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;

  • "These questions confuse even the experts"
  • "This question completely threw me"
  • "This question befuddled even the teacher"

3. cause to feel embarrassment;

  • "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

4. assemble without order or sense;

  • "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

5. make unclear or incomprehensible;

  • "The new tax return forms only confuse"

6. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;

  • "Her remarks confused the debate"
  • "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

计算机

  • 1.【动】混淆;混乱
  • 2.使混乱,干扰
1. Don't confuse Austria with [and] Australia.
不要把奥地利与澳大利亚弄混淆了。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. Don't confuse liberty with license.
不要把自由与放纵混为一谈。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Don't confuse me with technicalities——all I need to know is how to turn the machine on and off.
细节性技术我搞不懂,别讲了,我要知道的只是机器怎么开关。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. People are apt to confuse the two issues.
人们容易把这两个问题混淆起来。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. This is an attempt to confuse form and[with] substance.
这是企图把形式同实质混淆。

来自《简明英汉词典》