confusion

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n. 混乱, 混淆, 无秩序 [计] 含混

发音

US /kənˈfjuːʒən/

词形变化

confusions 复数 confusions

别名

confussion

教材释义与例句

名词

混淆，混乱；困惑

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A lack of clarity or order.

    混乱

    不可数
  2. 2.

    The state of being confused; misunderstanding.

    混淆

    不可数
  3. 3.

    The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.

    不可数

    Confusion of sex and gender continues when she begins to address what the sex-change operation achieves.

  4. 4.

    Lack of understanding due to dementia.

    不可数
  5. 5.

    A state of shame or embarrassment.

    古体 不可数

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados " […] In going to Mr Carlyle you have done the best thing possible; you have put your sister into the care of the shrewdest man in London." Whereat the object of this quite unexpected eulogy found himself becoming covered with modest confusion.

  6. 6.

    A group of wildebeest.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

mix-up disarray confusedness discombobulation muddiness

上位词 9

fault mistake combination error disorder embarrassment combining state of mind compounding

下位词 10

chaos fog distraction haze daze babel pandemonium bedlam disorientation bluster

相关短语

muscle confusion minim confusion cone of confusion cones of confusion nipple confusion reverse confusion year of confusion

词源

From Middle English confusioun, from Old French confusion, from Latin confusio, confusionem. Morphologically confuse + -ion.

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