perplexity
英 [p?'pleks?t?]
美 [p?'pl?ks?ti]
英文詞源
- perplexity (n.)
- c. 1300, "bewilderment," from Old French perplexite "confusion, perplexity," from Late Latin perplexitatem (nominative perplexitas), from Latin perplexus "confused, involved, interwoven," from per- "completely" + plexus "entangled," past participle of plectere "to twine" (see complex (adj.)). From 1590s as "something that causes perplexity."
雙語例句
- 1. Most of them just stared at her in perplexity.
- 他們多數(shù)人茫然地凝視著她。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. She looked at us in some perplexity.
- 她有點(diǎn)困惑不解地看著我們.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. He scratched his head in perplexity.
- 他困窘得直抓頭皮.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. He began counting them and then, with growing perplexity, counted them a second time.
- 他開始數(shù)，然后更加困惑，于是又?jǐn)?shù)了一遍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Robert outfaces his perplexity with his most peremptory air.
- 羅伯特盡量以專橫神氣來掩飾窘迫.
來自辭典例句