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perplexing 音標拼音: [pɚpl'ɛksɪŋ] a. 復雜的,令人困惑的 復雜的,令人困惑的 perplexing adj 1: lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; " sent confusing signals to Iraq"; " perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; " a puzzling statement" [ synonym: { confusing}, { perplexing}, { puzzling}] Perplex \ Per* plex"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Perplexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Perplexing}.] [ L. perplexari. See { Perplex}, a.] 1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. [ 1913 Webster] No artful wildness to perplex the scene. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. " Perplexd beyond self- explication." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] We are perplexed, but not in despair. -- 2 Cor. iv. 8. [ 1913 Webster] We can distinguish no general truths, or at least shall be apt to perplex the mind. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To plague; to vex; to torment. -- Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle; bewilder; confuse; distract. See { Embarrass}. [ 1913 Webster]
Perplexing \ Per* plex" ing\, a. Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome. " Perplexing thoughts." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 38 Moby Thesaurus words for " perplexing": Byzantine, arcane, baffling, bewildering, bothering, complex, complicated, confounding, confusing, convoluted, cryptic, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, distracting, disturbing, embarrassing, enigmatic, flabbergasting, impenetrable, incomprehensible, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, mysterious, mystifying, paradoxical, perturbing, problematic, puzzling, recondite, riddling, sphinxlike, stupefying, twisted, unfathomable, upsetting
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