单词详解

1. n.

A. [C]谜；智力游戏（a game, etc. that you have to think about carefully in order to answer it or do it）

Why Mona Lisa is smiling is still a puzzle. 蒙娜丽莎为什么微笑仍然是个谜。

She was involved in working out a puzzle. 她正在聚精会神于猜谜。

B.不解之谜；疑问（something that is difficult to understand or explain）

I am in a puzzle about the matter. 我对这件事大惑不解。

Her decision was a puzzle to him. 她的决定对他来说是个谜。

I’m in a puzzle as to how to cope with the new situation. 我不知道该如何应付这新局面。

2. v

迷惑；使迷惑（to make sb. Feel confused because they do not understand sth.）

  What puzzles me is why they didn’t show up. 令我百思不解的是他们为什么没有出现。

He looked a little puzzled. 他看上去有点困惑。

His recent behavior puzzles me. 他最近的行为使我迷惑不解。

相关词组

work out a puzzle 解谜

Can you work out the puzzle? 你能猜出这个谜吗？

I can’t work this puzzle out. 这个难题我解决不了。

See if you can work this puzzle out. 看看你是否能解决这个难题。

相关单词

复数：puzzles

同义词：confuse

相关链接

词语辨析：puzzle, confuse

puzzle, confuse

v. 混淆；迷惑

puzzle: 不知道怎么回事，迷惑，不解。

confuse: 把两个事情弄混淆，弄糊涂了。

词语详解

1. puzzle: 不知道怎么回事，迷惑，不解。

  His question puzzled me . 他的问题使我迷惑不解。

2. confuse: 把两个事情弄混淆，弄糊涂了。

  What you said just now confused me. 刚才你讲的把我弄糊涂了。

  Don’t confuse Austria with Australia. 别把奥地利跟澳大利亚弄混淆了。