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 confusing [kən'fju:ziŋ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 使人困惑的,令人费解的

  1. The instructions on the box are very confusing.
    盒子上的使用说明含混不清。
  2. I'm sorry I don't know you. Maybe you are confusing me with someone else.
    对不起,我不认识你,也许你认错人了(把我和别人弄混淆了)。


confusing
[ adj ]
  1. causing confusion or disorientation

  2. <adj.all>
    a confusing jumble of road signs
    being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child
  3. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

  4. <adj.all>
    sent confusing signals to Iraq
    perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it
    a puzzling statement


Confuse \Con*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confused}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Confusing}.]
1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished;
to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or
obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.

A universal hubbub wild
Of stunning sounds and voices all confused.
--Milton.

2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose
self-possession.

Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson.

Confused and sadly she at length replied. --Pope.

Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound;
obscure; distract. See {Abash}.

confusing \confusing\ adj.
1. causing mental confusion and perplexity.

Syn: perplexing, stupefying.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. causing bafflement and confusion; as, he sent confusing
signals to Iraq.

Syn: bewildering, confused.
[WordNet 1.5]

  1. Pepsi in April withdrew its TV commercial featuring Madonna, saying consumers were confusing the music video with its ad, which contained no religious imagery.
  2. It's got a large and unwieldy cast, with a confusing setup of part-time hosts (Mr. Garagiola, for example, is just on Tuesdays to Thursdays) and none of them are what the show really needs.
  3. Those prices stamped to the car window, confusing to begin with, meant even less now because cars weren't selling for those prices.
  4. Be warned that some aspects of this segment are confusing, as the camera shows her dancing to wild applause in that empty house, which suggests that applause is her fantasy.
  5. The picture could also be more accurate despite the confusing presentation of the change.
  6. But it is also demeaning to Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter, George McGovern and Lyndon Johnson, as well as confusing to the voters who two weeks ago saw Mr. Dukakis treat the word as an insult.
  7. Caesars World officials refused comment on Trump's notice, "due to the confusing content of this notice," according to a statement. Trump also refused to comment Wednesday.
  8. The researchers said some of the labs gave "excessive and potentially confusing information" when reporting back.
  9. The American Civil Liberties Union said the ruling by Wayne County Circuit Judge John Gillis was confusing but apparently means some surrogate contracts are valid in Michigan, where the nation's most active surrogacy lawyer practices.
  10. Also, there's still a confusing array of laws and bar-association rules governing lawyers' marketing in many states.
  11. Radio 1 would still broadcast music aimed at young people but would leave the hit parade more to the growing commercial sector. Whether the BBC can be successfully repositioned without alienating its staff and confusing its audience is open to question.
  12. For $2 plus toll charges, callers are allowed to participate for about two and a half minutes in confusing conversations which alternate between efforts to figure out who is on the line and the ramblings of teen-age minds.
  13. However, part of the procedure is very confusing.
  14. To avoid confusing lines of accountability, Mr Gummer will be accountable for all five departments' share of the budget - an unusual and sensible innovation. Bringing together these programmes will also make it easier to integrate regeneration projects.
  15. What is not confusing is that the titular nations of the Central Asia republics are not masters of their own fate.
  16. The private sector offers an array of expensive, confusing, overlapping policies that are marketed deceptively to consumers.
  17. "They don't want stripped-down leftovers." That describes Mr. Spletter, whose computer search proved so confusing.
  18. Whatever the motive, the proliferation of chip types is confusing for the end-user, particularly because there is no agreed way of measuring performance. PC manufacturers will often quote a machine's 'Landmark' speed as an indication of performance.
  19. Meanwhile, a new congressional report shows how the U.S. sent other confusing messages to Baghdad.
  20. Barco has sent confusing signals to the public in responding to the communique.
  21. The Dow fell about 20 points on Tuesday amid a confusing backdrop of robust second-quarter earnings reports, lower oil prices and a firm bond market.
  22. Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Alejandro Bendana called the plan drafted by the Bush administration and congressional leaders "confusing and unclear" and said it goes against a regional pact that calls for dismantling the rebel force by mid-May.
  23. But deciding which issues to buy can be confusing.
  24. On Wednesday morning, U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell declared that McFarlane had given "equivocal and confusing testimony."
  25. A terribly confusing and ominously progressive tax system (in which 36% of all tax revenue comes from 1,500 taxpayers) just gets worse.
  26. Dow Corning, which will decide soon whether to resume implant production, said the panel's conclusions would be "extremely confusing" to patients.
  27. "One reason we're failing and not making any progress is the scandal of divisions that is confusing and contradicts the basic nature of Christianity," he said.
  28. In a confusing twist, the spokesman said the company would also put 'Power' stickers on its own detergents. Within 48 hours Unilever called a press conference denying the claims.
  29. Bankers oppose such disclosures as being costly, time-consuming and possibly confusing to investors.
  30. The new election laws are in the best tradition of Italian legislation - complex and confusing. The Ministry of the Interior has been obliged to run daily television spots explaining how the voting system works.
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