Confuse

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[编辑] 解释

v. 使迷惑; 打乱
［英］ v. 使迷惑 ( befuddle) ; 打乱 ( put into disorder)
［记］ con ( 共同) +fuse ( 流, 泻) -> 流到一起 -> 混合, 混乱
［同］派生词: confused ( adj. 迷乱的, 困惑的) ; confusing ( adj. 令人迷惑的) ; confusion ( n. 混乱, 惶惑)

transitive verb (confused; confusing)

Etymology: back-formation from Middle English confused frustrated, ruined, from Anglo-French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere
Date: 14th century
1. archaic to bring to ruin
2.
- a. to make embarrassed ; abash
- b. to disturb in mind or purpose ; throw off
3.
- a. to make indistinct ; blur <stop confusing the issue
- b. to mix indiscriminately ; jumble
- c. to fail to differentiate from an often similar or related other <confuse money with comfort
? confusingly adverb