“confusion”是名词,基本含义为“困惑;混淆;混乱”,可描述人的心理状态或场面、情况等。其用法多样,可作主语、宾语,常与介词搭配,还有相关短语和派生词。
困惑;迷茫:指人在面对复杂情况、难以理解的事物或矛盾信息时,心里产生的不确定、不明白的感觉。例如:There was confusion in his mind about what to do next.(他对于接下来该做什么感到困惑。)
混淆;混淆不清:强调将事物、概念等弄错、分不清。例如:The confusion of similar - sounding words often causes problems in language learning.(发音相似的单词容易混淆,这常常给语言学习带来问题。)
混乱;无序:用来描述场面、情况等缺乏秩序、杂乱无章。例如:The sudden power cut caused great confusion in the office.(突然停电使办公室陷入一片混乱。)
作主语
句子以“confusion”开头,直接描述某种困惑、混淆或混乱的状态。例如:Confusion reigned in the meeting room as no one knew what to say.(会议室里一片混乱,因为没人知道该说什么。)
作宾语
常见于及物动词之后,表示动作的对象是困惑、混淆或混乱。例如:His unclear explanation only added to the confusion.(他含糊不清的解释反而增加了困惑。)
与介词搭配
in confusion:表示“处于混乱中;困惑地”。例如:The children ran around in confusion after the fire alarm went off.(火警响起后,孩子们惊慌失措地四处乱跑。)
with confusion:意思是“困惑地;狼狈地”。例如:She looked at me with confusion, not understanding my question.(她困惑地看着我,不明白我的问题。)
cause confusion:意为“引起混乱;造成困惑”。例如:The new policy has caused a great deal of confusion among the employees.(新政策在员工中引起了很大的困惑。)
be in a state of confusion:处于混乱/困惑的状态。例如:The company was in a state of confusion after the sudden resignation of the CEO.(首席执行官突然辞职后,公司陷入了混乱状态。)
clear up the confusion:消除困惑;理清混乱。例如:The teacher spent some time clearing up the confusion about the grammar rule.(老师花了一些时间来消除大家对这条语法规则的困惑。)
confused:形容词,意为“困惑的;混淆的;混乱的”。例如:I'm really confused about this math problem.(我对这道数学题真的很困惑。)
confusing:形容词,表示“令人困惑的;使人混淆的”。例如:This is a very confusing question.(这是一个非常令人困惑的问题。)
confuse:动词,基本意思是“使困惑;混淆”。例如:Don't confuse me with all these details.(别用这些细节把我弄糊涂了。)