confuse

[kən'fju:z]

vt.使困惑, 使混乱, 混淆

vt.

1. 把……弄糊涂, 使困惑

They confused me by their conflicting advice.

他们的建议相互矛盾, 把我弄糊涂了。

2. 把……混同, 混淆[(+with)]

You confused Australia with Austria.

你把澳大利亚和奥地利搞混了。

3. 搞乱, 使混乱

His granddaughter confused the papers on his desk.

他的孙女把他书桌上的书信文件弄乱了。

词形变化

副词: confusingly | 动词过去式: confused | 动词过去分词: confused | 动词现在分词: confusing | 动词第三人称单数: confuses |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.使困惑; 使混乱; 使慌乱

complicate  mistake  muddle  jumble  mix up  bewilder  dumbfound  perplex  puzzle  boggle  

同义参见:

daze  shame  addle  rattle  cloud  disorder  muddy  jumble  involve  entangle  confound  fog  fluster  flurry  disrupt  upset  divert  disturb  distract  dismay  tangle  demoralize  

反义:

vt.使困惑; 使混乱; 混淆

clarify  compose  quiet  calm  soothe  

英英释义

动词 confuse:

mistake one thing for another

同义词：confound

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

同义词：throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate

cause to feel embarrassment

同义词：flurry, disconcert, put off

assemble without order or sense

同义词：jumble, mix up

make unclear or incomprehensible

make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

同义词：blur, obscure, obnubilate

短语词组

confuse with

1. 混淆

He's always confusing salt with sugar.

他老是分不清盐和糖。

补充

confuseconfuse英:[kənˈfju:z] 美:[kənˈfjuz]vt.1.使困惑, 把…弄糊涂They asked so many questions that they confused me.他们问了许多问题, 都把我弄糊涂了。Many people are confused about the new ways of measuring temperature.许多人都搞不清测定温度的新方法。2.混淆, 把…混同This is an attempt to confuse form and[with] substance.这是企图把形式同实质混淆。3.混乱, 搞乱These verbs are often confused.这些动词常被弄混。

例句

1. German politics surprised and confused him.德国政治让他很惊讶很困惑。 2. To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.使问题更复杂的是, 人们感到满意的睡眠时间千差万别。 3. Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects.大家非常谨慎, 以避免混淆这两类项目。 4. You must be confusing me with someone else.你一定是把我和别人搞混了。 5. Indeed, he confused her at every turn.实际上他处处为难她。 6. The two steps cannot be confused.这两个步骤不能搞混了。 7. You have confused the meanings of the two words.你把这两个词的意思弄混了。 8. The road signs confused the driver.公路上的几个路标把司机搞糊涂了。 9. They had confused me with their admiration.他们的赞扬使我窘迫不安。 10. past and present blurred together, confusing her still further.过去和现在混在一起变得模糊不清，使她更加迷惑不解。 11. the points made by the authors confuse rather than clarify the issue.作者们提出的论点没有阐明这个问题反而使之更复杂。 12. a lot of people confuse a stroke with a heart attack.很多人分不清中风和心脏病发作。 13. purchasers might confuse the two products.购买者也许会把这两种产品混淆起来。 14. He confused everybody with his pages of facts and figures.他一页页的事实与数据把所有人都弄胡涂了。 15. I often confuse Lee with his brother. They look very much alike.我常把李和他弟弟弄混了。他们长得很像。 16. The situation is confused by the fact that so many organizations are involved.由于涉及很多机构，情况变得复杂了。 17. The city's winding streets confuse [=perplex] most visitors.这座城市蜿蜒的街道使大多数游客辨不清方向。 18. The general was trying to confuse the enemy.将军在设法迷惑敌人。 19. She was confused by many of the scientific terms in the article.她被文章中许多科学术语弄糊涂了。 20. Stop confusing [=blurring] the issue.不要把这件事复杂化。 21. The new evidence only confused matters further.新的证据只是把事情弄得更加复杂。 22. I always confuse [=(informal) mix up] your car and mine.我总是把你的车和我的搞混。 23. You must be confusing me with someone else.你一定是错把我当成别人了。 24. Some people confuse money with happiness. [=think that having a lot of money will make them happy]有些人错把钱财当成了幸福。