confuse

英 [kənˈfjuːz]

美 [kənˈfjuːz]

v. 使糊涂; 使迷惑; (将…)混淆，混同; 使更难于理解

过去分词：confused　现在分词：confusing　第三人称单数：confuses　过去式：confused　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4666 / COCA.3518

同义词辨析

puzzle baffle bewilder confuse【导航词义：困惑】

puzzlev. 使困惑，使迷惑

〔辨析〕

指无法理解某事而感到有些困扰。

〔例证〕

What puzzles him is why that movie is so popular.
令他不解的是，为什么那部电影如此受欢迎。
That question continues to puzzle scientists.
那个问题继续困扰着科学家们。

bafflev. 使困惑，难倒

〔辨析〕

指完全不能理解或解释问题、行为等。

〔例证〕

The cloze test baffled many students in her class.
完形填空测验难倒了她班上的很多学生。
He was completely baffled by her strange behaviour.
他完全被她怪异的举动搞糊涂了。

bewilderv. 使困惑，使迷茫

〔辨析〕

多指不知所措、无法清楚地思考，通常用被动语态。

〔例证〕

She was bewildered by his remarks.
他的话把她给弄糊涂了。
That young man was bewildered as to whom to believe.
那个年轻人给搞糊涂了，不知道该相信谁。

confusev. 使困惑，把…弄糊涂

〔辨析〕

词义同 bewilder，但程度略轻。

〔例证〕

The detailed instructions for use only served to confuse me further.
所附的详细使用指南使我更加迷惑。
Some of the figures confused him.
其中一些数字把他给弄糊涂了。

verb

使糊涂；使迷惑
to make sb unable to think clearly or understand sth
1. They confused me with conflicting accounts of what happened.
  他们对发生的事所作的陈述自相矛盾，使我迷惑不解。
（将…）混淆，混同
to think wrongly that sb/sth is sb/sth else
1. People often confuse me and my twin sister.
  人们常常把我和我的孪生妹妹搞错。
2. Be careful not to confuse quantity with quality.
  注意不要把数量与质量混淆了。
使更难于理解
to make a subject more difficult to understand
1. His comments only served to confuse the issue further.
  他的评论只是把问题弄得更加复杂。

VERB 混淆;搞错
If youconfusetwo things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
1. 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。
2. 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！
VERB 把…弄糊涂;使困惑
Toconfusesomeone means to make it difficult for them to know exactly what is happening or what to do.
1. German politics surprised and confused him.
  德国政治既令他惊讶，又让他困惑不解。
VERB 搅乱;使复杂化
Toconfusea situation means to make it complicated or difficult to understand.
1. 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

mistake one thing for another
1. you are confusing me with the other candidate
2. I mistook her for the secretary
Synonym:confound
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
1. Her remarks confused the debate
2. Their words obnubilate their intentions
Synonym:blurobscureobnubilate
be confusing or perplexing to
1. These questions confuse even the experts
2. This question completely threw me
3. This question befuddled even the teacher
Synonym:throwfoxbefuddlefuddlebedevilconfounddiscombobulate
assemble without order or sense
1. She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence
Synonym:jumblemix up
cause to feel embarrassment
1. The constant attention of the young man confused her
Synonym:flurrydisconcertput off

It's a common case to confuse wealth with happiness.
把财富和幸福混为一谈是很常见的情况。
If we confuse these three levels we will not think clearly.
如果我混淆了这三个等级，我们不会清晰地思考。
Do not draw it on the chart, however, as this will confuse the issue
但不用把它画到图上去，因为那样反而会混淆问题的重点。
Why do I have to confuse you with technical jargon?
为什麽我要混淆你的技术术语？
Another common mistake is to confuse a prefix with an identifier.
另一种常见的错误是混淆了前缀和标识符。
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。
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！
Do you confuse skill and luck?
你是否混淆了技巧和运气？
Don't confuse that with period T; T this is tension T.
不要和周期T混淆；，这是张力。
Do you confuse before-the-fact strategy with after-the-fact outcome?
你是否混同了事先的计划和事后的结果？