confusion

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lack of clarity or order. uncountable,usually
    — But much of the federal workforce is located outside the nation’s capital, and Trump’s offer was met with confusion and skepticism in many of those offices.
  2. The state of being confused; misunderstanding. uncountable,usually
    — Forgive these wild and wandering cries, ⁠Confusions of a wasted youth; ⁠Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise.
  3. The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things. uncountable,usually
    — Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.
  4. Lack of understanding due to dementia. uncountable,usually
  5. A state of shame or embarrassment. archaic,uncountable,usually
    — Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]
  6. A group of wildebeest. collective,uncountable,usually
    — A group of wildebeest is called a confusion.

词形变化

confusions plural

词汇关系

近义词
bafflement befuddlement bemusement confusion flabbergast flabbergastation flabbergastment misunderstanding muddle mix-up noncomputation quagmire
反义词
clarity distinction
衍生词
compfusion cone of confusion confusional confusionism confusionist deconfusion minim confusion muscle confusion nipple confusion reverse confusion year of confusion
相关词
confuse confusing commotion disorder

词源

From Middle English confusioun, from Old French confusion, from Latin confusio, confusionem.
Morphologically confuse + -ion.
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