puzzling

英 [ˈpʌzlɪŋ]

美 [ˈpʌzlɪŋ]

v.  迷惑; 使困惑
puzzle的现在分词

现在分词：puzzling　

TOEFL

BNC.13872 / COCA.13539

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使迷惑；使困惑
  If somethingpuzzlesyou, you do not understand it and feel confused.
  1. My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety.
     我妹妹总让我捉摸不透，弄得我焦虑不安。
• VERB 对…苦苦思索；因…大伤脑筋
  If youpuzzle oversomething, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it.
  1. In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.
     在排演莎士比亚的戏剧时，其中诗句和散文的复杂让我大伤脑筋。
• See also:...a word puzzle.crossword
• N-SING 令人费解的人；令人困惑的事物
  You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand asa puzzle.
  1. Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists...
     “旅行者二号”发回的数据给天文学家们提出了一个难题：离我们最远的那颗行星为什么会存在。
  2. She was a puzzle.
     她是个谜。

英英释义

adj

• lacking clarity of meaning
  1. sent confusing signals to Iraq
  2. perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it
  3. a puzzling statement
  Synonym:confusingperplexing
• not clear to the understanding
  1. I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later
  2. prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries
  Synonym:enigmaticenigmatical

双语例句

• I spent hours puzzling over the theme of the poem.
  我对这首诗的主题想了几个小时。
• To explain the puzzling findings, he offers two theories.
  为了解释这一令人困惑的研究结果，雷德梅尔提出了两个理论。
• This whole business is very puzzling. There is a lot more to it than meets the eye.
  整件事非常令人费解，远比看起来复杂。
• This is puzzling as well as interesting for many scientists.
  这对许多科学家来说既令人费解又很有趣。
• Researchers are puzzling over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations.
  人员对结果困惑不解，这与的预料截然相反。
• Some experimentalists may suddenly see an underlying order in nature's most puzzling process.
  某些实验主义者不定何时突然识破了这自然界最令人困惑的过程的基本规律。
• I have been puzzling my brains about this question for weeks now.
  对这个问题我已经苦苦思索了几个星期了。
• What sadder reflection on all that we have become in this new and puzzling time?
  还有什么更为可悲地表明我们在这个令人困惑的新时代所感受到的惶恐之情呢？
• If you pin people down, they will tell you some puzzling things about stress.
  如果非让他们说的话，人们会告诉你一些有关压力的令人费解的事情。
• Chinese social moral life has also transcended the puzzling and introspection phase of the social transformation era.
  中国的社会道德生活也已经超越了社会转型时期的困惑与反思阶段。