perplex

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per·plex /pəˈpleks $ pər-/ verb [transitiveT]

WORRIEDif something perplexes you, it makes you feel confused and worried because it is difficult to understand 使困惑，使茫然，使费解 SYN puzzle

Shea’s symptoms perplexed the doctors.

谢伊的症状令医生们困惑。

—perplexing adjectiveadj

a perplexing problem

令人不解的问题

Examples from the Corpus

perplex• For a moment he just stared at me, looking rather perplexed.• The dream is brief but perplexing.• The Judge, accustomed to hearing unconventional job descriptions, none the less appeared perplexed.• Solly's climb was to perplex and stretch the best climbers for decades.• She seemed perplexed by the question.• In a school gymnasium full of caucus-goers in Des Moines, Dole inadvertently coined the best phrase of this perplexing campaign.• She didn't smile and this perplexed me because I knew she liked our Mary.• What surprised and perplexed me was how authentic, and therefore how riveting, it turned out to be.• The question of how the murderer had gained entry to the house perplexed the police for several weeks.

Origin perplex