基本释义
- n.
- 困惑; 混淆; 尴尬; 混乱局面
词性变化
- 复数:confusions;
实用例句
There is some confusion about what the correct procedure should be.
对于应该采取什么正确步骤，还是有些不明确。
牛津词典
a confusion as to what to do next
不清楚下一步该怎么办
牛津词典
To avoid confusion, please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.
为避免搞错，请在孩子所有的校服上写清楚他们的姓名。
牛津词典
confusion between letters of the alphabet like ‘o ’ or ‘a ’
像o或a这类字母之间的易于混淆
牛津词典
He looked at me in confusion and did not answer the question.
他困窘地看着我，没有回答问题。
牛津词典
Fighting had broken out and all was chaos and confusion.
战斗爆发了，一切都陷入了混乱不堪的状态。
牛津词典
Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.
她的突然到来使得我们不知所措，乱成一团。
牛津词典
...the pressures and confusions of puberty.
青春期的种种压力和困惑
There's still confusion about the number of casualties...
伤亡人数依然不明。
Omissions in my recent article must have caused confusion.
我最近一篇文章中的几处省略肯定造成了困惑。
There was confusion when a man fired shots...
一个男子开了几枪，场面一片混乱。
The rebel leader appears to have escaped in the confusion.
叛乱分子首领似乎已乘乱逃脱。
We always left his office in a state of confusion.
我们总是一头雾水地离开他的办公室。
Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion.
只有两只野狗从这场混乱中得到了好处.
《用法词典》
In the confusion her departure passed unnoticed.
混乱之中,没有人注意到她走了.
《简明英汉词典》
His unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.
他的突然来访使我们完全不知所措.
《简明英汉词典》
Confusion betrays the guilty.
慌张显出有罪,神色慌张必有鬼.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
This accident upset our plans and threw us into confusion.
这个意外事件搅乱了我的阵脚.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
His speech flung the meeting into confusion.
他的发言使会场一片混乱.
《简明英汉词典》
Words like " believe " and " receive " are a source of confusion in spelling.
诸如believe和receive这样的词在拼写上容易混淆.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
The meeting adjourned in confusion.
会议在混乱中休会.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
In the ensuing confusion another eight persons were hurt.
在随后的骚动中,又有八人受伤.
《简明英汉词典》
His arrival created a terrible confusion.
他的到来引起一场大乱.
《简明英汉词典》
A small child's confusion in distinguishing the right from the wrong is quite natural.
小孩子不明是非是很正常的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
His answers to my questions have only added to my confusion.
他对我的问题的回答只是使我更加困惑不解.
《简明英汉词典》
When the government policies are expressed imprecisely, confusion results.
政府政策的措辞含混不清就会产生混乱.
《简明英汉词典》
Our surprise attack caught the enemy off balance and threw them into confusion.
我们的突然袭击把敌人打了个冷不防,他们顿时乱作一团.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
真题例句
Leigh Thompson of Kellogg School of Management in Illinois warns that, Teams are not always the answer—teams may provide insight, creativity and knowledge in a way that a person working independently cannot; but teamwork may also lead to confusion, delay and poor decision-making.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Social psychologist, John Roberts, finally cleared up the confusion about why people sometimes perform better and sometimes worse in front of an audience
出自-2012年12月听力原文There are many things that can cause confusion and memory loss, including health problems like temporary stoppage of breathing during sleep, high blood pressure, or depression, as well as medications like antidepressants.
2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CBy making the effort to organize and label files so others can understand them, scientists become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product, said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文These changes have cleared up much of the confusion and conflict that followed in the wake of 1976 legislation.
出自-2014年6月听力原文"This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product," said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.
2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section COne major cause of this problem is the confusion over food expiration labels, which are currently not regulated by the government.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section ABecause of the confusion, Merat thinks some car makers will wait until vehicles can be fully automated without operation.
2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope-all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words:.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文英英释义
1. disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably;
"the army retreated in confusion"
2. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior;
"a confusion of impressions"
3. a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
4. an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended;
"the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
5. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another;
"he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
同义词辨析
confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos
这些名词均表示事物的"混乱"状态。
- confusion： 指东西搅混在一起，凌乱得难以辨认；也可指思想混乱，以致无法进行正常的思维活动。
- disorder： 正式用词，含义广泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混乱；也可指社会中的动乱或骚乱。
- disturbance： 主要指社会中政治性的动乱、骚乱；也可指个人或少数人的闹事。
- mess： 语气强，口语中较常用的非正式用词。指既混乱又肮脏，尤指人思想混乱或外表不整洁。
- chaos： 着重指令人无能为力或感到绝望的混乱状态。突出没有很好的组织。