Confusion
[kən'fjuːʒ(ə)n] or [kən'fjʊʒən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; 'he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw'.
(noun.) an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; 'the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel'.
(noun.) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; 'a confusion of impressions'.
(noun.) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused.
(noun.) disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; 'the army retreated in confusion'.
奥罗拉編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.
(n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.
(n.) Overthrow; defeat; ruin.
(n.) One who confuses; a confounder.
手打:特伦斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Confusedness, disorder, disarrangement, derangement, disarray, jumble, chaos, anarchy.[2]. Tumult, turmoil, commotion, ferment, stir, agitation.[3]. Distraction, perplexity, embarrassment, bewilderment, astonishment.[4]. Shame, mortification, abashment.[5]. Overthrow, destruction, defeat, ruin.
查理校對
同義詞及反義詞：
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編輯:帕特里克
例句/造句/用法:
- My heart turns faint, my mind sinks in darkness and confusion when I think of it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- And really, after a day or two of confusion worse confounded, it was delightful by degrees to invoke order from the chaos ourselves had made. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- To complete her confusion, she saw Belle nudge Annie, and both glance from her to Laurie, who, she was happy to see, looked unusually boyish and shy. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Early says in his Memoirs that if we had discovered the confusion in his lines we might have brought fresh troops to his great discomfort. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I never saw such faltering, such confusion, such amazement and apprehension. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But in the height of the confusion, a mounted man galloped away to order the relays, and our horses were put to with great speed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The shots from our little gun dropped in upon the enemy and created great confusion. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- We heard the firing and confusion very plainly here; we none of us slept. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Why no,--I think--you had better--better say nothing about it, said Sophia, with ill-disguised anxiety and evident confusion. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- They had gone, in shortand very great had been the evident distress and confusion of the lady. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Poor bewildered statesmen, unused to any notion of change, have seen the national life grow to a monstrous confusion and sprout monstrous evils by the way. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- There are such lots of horrors this morning, she added, clearing a space in the centre of the confusion and rising to yield her seat to Miss Bart. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He saw the grotesque, and a curious sort of mechanical motion intoxicated him, a confusion in nature. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The clamor and confusion of the battle drew Miss Ophelia and St. Clare both to the spot. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- So they fell into the confusion of making immediate and detailed proposals that have nothing to do with the attainment of their ideal. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- We cannot tell what seeds of the future may not be germinating already amidst our present confusions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The infinite confusions and disorder, which it has caused in the world, diminish much of its merit in their eyes. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
編輯:奥斯本