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perplex 音标拼音: [pɚpl'ɛks] vt. 使困惑,使复杂化,使为难 使困惑,使复杂化,使为难 perplex v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [synonym: {perplex}, {vex}, {stick}, {get}, {puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose}, {bewilder}, {flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}] 2: make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" [synonym: {complicate}, {perplex}] [ant: {simplify}] Perplex \Per*plex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perplexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perplexing}.] [L. perplexari. See {Perplex}, a.] 1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. [1913 Webster] No artful wildness to perplex the scene. --Pope. [1913 Webster] What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. "Perplexd beyond self-explication." --Shak. [1913 Webster] We are perplexed, but not in despair. --2 Cor. iv. 8. [1913 Webster] We can distinguish no general truths, or at least shall be apt to perplex the mind. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. To plague; to vex; to torment. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] Syn: To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle; bewilder; confuse; distract. See {Embarrass}. [1913 Webster] Perplex \Per*plex"\, a. [L. perplexus entangled, intricate; per plectere, plexum, to plait, braid: cf. F. perplexe. See {Per-}, and {Plait}.] Intricate; difficult. [Obs.] --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 181 Moby Thesaurus words for "perplex":
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