puzzled• Her reaction left me puzzled.• Hospitalstaff were puzzled after children collapsed with cardiacarrests and respiratory attacks.• Presently, Jaq blanked the eye-screen and relaxed, though with a puzzled air.• He saw the knot of people beyond the flamesgazing at him in puzzledamazement, but they made no response.• She had sounded rather puzzled and insulted.• She looked puzzled and rather angry, and Syl looked old and silly.• Epitot looked puzzled and removed it again.• All squatted, puzzled and uncertain.• The doctor was puzzled by the man's symptoms and ordered several further tests.• After my explanation, Mandy still had a puzzledexpression on her face.• It gatherspuzzledobservers wherever it goes, too.• I'm a little puzzled - why did you call her yourself when I specifically told you I would do it?
puzzled about/as to/at• I had been puzzled as to how to proceed.• They'd rightly be puzzled as to why they used a £1,500 computer instead of a £1.50 thermometer.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem, sound困惑;感到不解;看上去迷惑;好像不解;聽起來困惑▸➤become, get變得困惑◇We were becoming more and more puzzled by the minute.時間每過一分鐘,我們的困惑就增加一分。◇I was beginning to get a little puzzled.我開始感到有點兒困惑。➤remain仍然迷惑不解ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常困惑▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略微有些困惑▸➤faintly稍微有些困惑➤completely (NAmE) 完全摸不着頭腦▸➤genuinely真正困惑的➤clearly, obviously明顯困惑PREPOSITION➤about為⋯困惑◇You look very puzzled about something.你好像對什麼事情很困惑。➤at對⋯困惑◇I was somewhat puzzled at his unwillingness to help.他不願意幫忙,這讓我有點兒困惑。➤by被⋯困惑◇Mrs Sykes seemed slightly puzzled by this.賽克斯夫人好像被這件事弄得有點兒困惑。