confuse

vt. 使混乱, 使狼狈, 使困惑
【法】 混淆
相关词组:
confuse black and white

副词:confusingly 动词过去式:confused 过去分词:confused 现在分词:confusing 第三人称单数:confuses 

con.fuse

v.（动词）
con.fused,con.fus.ing,con.fus.es
v.tr.（及物动词）


To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off.
使迷惑：使不能清析地思考或理智地行动；使犯错误
To cause to feel embarrassment.
使感觉窘迫


To mistake (one thing for another):
误解（一个当成另一个）：
例句：
confused effusiveness with affection.
把言语的吐露误解为故意的炫耀

To make opaque; blur:
使不透明；把…弄模糊：
例句：
.The old labels . . . confuse debate instead of clarifying it.(Christopher Lasch)
.旧的标签…不但无法澄清议题，反而使它更加模糊了.(克里斯托夫·拉希)

To assemble without order or sense; jumble.
使混乱：无感觉或顺序的糅合；使混淆
Archaic To bring to ruination.
【古语】 使毁灭
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To make something unclear or incomprehensible:
使得某物不清楚或不易理解：
例句：
a new tax code that only further confuses.
只造成更多疑问的新税法


来源：
Middle English confusen
中古英语 confusen
from Old French confus [perplexed]
源自 古法语 confus [困惑的]
from Latin cônfôsus [past participle of] cônfundere [to mix together] * see confound
源自 拉丁语 cônfôsus [] cônfundere的过去分词 [使混乱] *参见 confound

【引伸】
confus.ingly
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>confuse,addle,befuddle,discombobulate,fuddle,muddle,throwThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to cause to be unclear in mind or intent.:
这些动词的中心意思都是.引起思想或意图的混乱.：
例句：
heavy traffic that confused the novice driver;
繁忙的交通使新司机不知所措；

例句：
problems that addle my brain;
问题把我的大脑搞糊涂了；

例句：
a question that befuddled even the professor;
这个问题甚至难住了教授；

例句：
was discombobulated by the staggering number of possibilities;
被惊人的概率数字搞乱了；

例句：
a plot so complex that it fuddles one`s comprehension;
情节如此繁杂以致于使人理解困难；

例句：
a head that was muddled by endless facts and figures;
大脑被没完没了的数字和事实搞得乱七八糟；

例句：
behavior that really threw me.
他的行为把我弄懵了