1N-VAR (尤指因想法不同造成的)困惑,不明确 If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things. (尤指因想法不同造成的)困惑,不明确
There's still confusion about the number of casualties. [+ about]
伤亡人数依然不明。
Omissions in my recent article must have caused confusion.
2N-UNCOUNT (尤指因很多事情同时发生造成的)混乱局面,骚乱Confusion is a situation in which everything is in disorder, especially because there are lots of things happening at the same time. (尤指因很多事情同时发生造成的)混乱局面,骚乱
There was confusion when a man fired shots.
一个男子开了几枪,场面一片混乱。
The rebel leader appears to have escaped in the confusion.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFUSION | CONFUSION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤complete, total, utter徹底的混亂▸➤considerable, great相當嚴重的/極度的混亂▸➤mild, slight略微的/輕微的混亂▸➤general, mass, widespread整體的/大規模的/普遍的混亂➤understandable可以理解的混亂◇They are very hard to tell apart, so the confusion is understandable.很難把他們區分開來,所以混淆是可以理解的。➤pure完全不明白◇His expression was one of pure confusion.他顯出一副完全摸不着頭腦的表情。➤initial最初的困惑➤momentary一時的困惑➤unnecessary不必要的混亂▸➤mental神志不清➤ensuing, resulting接踵而來的/因而發生的混亂VERB + CONFUSION➤avoid, prevent避免/防止混亂◇a few key tips to help you avoid any confusion有助於避免混淆的幾條關鍵提示◇I kept my ex-husband's last name to prevent confusion.我保留了前夫的姓氏以避免引起混亂。➤cause, create, generate, lead to, result in, sow造成混亂;引起混亂;產生混亂;導致混亂▸➤add to加劇混亂◇This latest decision has only added to the general confusion.最近的這個決定只是加劇了總體的混亂。➤minimize盡可能減少混亂◇medication labels that minimize confusion盡量減少混亂的藥品標籤➤clarify, clear up, dispel, eliminate澄清困惑;消除混亂;驅除困惑;排除混亂▸➤plunge sb/sth into, throw sb/sth into使⋯陷入混亂;使⋯驚慌失措◇The office has been thrown into total confusion by her resignation.她的辭職使辦事處陷入一片混亂。➤sense感覺到混亂◇I could sense her confusion and frustration.我能感覺到她的困惑與沮喪。CONFUSION + VERB➤arise, reign混亂發生;一切都很混亂◇Confusion reigns when two managers give conflicting instructions.兩位經理給出的指示相互矛盾,一切都亂套了。➤surround sth混亂圍繞⋯發生◇The government needs to clear up the confusion surrounding its policy on water.政府需要釐清混亂的水務政策。PREPOSITION➤in (the) confusion在迷惑中◇She stared at them both in utter confusion.她盯着他倆,完全不知所措。◇In the confusion that followed, she managed to slip away unnoticed.在接下來的混亂中,她設法神不知鬼不覺地溜走了。➤confusion about, confusion over, confusion regarding關於⋯的困惑◇There is widespread confusion about the government's health policy.對於政府的衞生政策,人們普遍覺得費解。◇There has been considerable confusion regarding the facts of her death.人們對她死亡一事感到頗為費解。➤confusion among⋯中的混亂◇The announcement caused a lot of confusion among the students.這個佈告令學生大惑不解。➤confusion as to關於⋯的困惑◇confusion as to the whereabouts of the man關於這名男子行踪的疑團➤confusion between⋯之間的混淆◇confusion between letters of the alphabet分不清字母表中的字母➤confusion with分不清⋯與⋯◇the confusion of this book with her last one把這本書與她上一本書弄混PHRASES➤a scene of confusion, a state of confusion混亂的景象/狀態▸➤to avoid confusion為避免混亂◇To avoid confusion, label each box clearly.為了避免混亂,給每一個盒子貼上清楚的標籤。