bafflingly
bafflingly — 副詞
1. used to describe an action, event, or quality that is so strange or confusing th
費解地
以無法理解或解釋的方式
used to describe an action, event, or quality that is so strange or confusing that you cannot make sense of it or explain why it is that way
The front door was bafflingly locked from the inside, though nobody was in the room.
前門費解地從裡面鎖上了,但房間裡明明沒有人。
bafflingly + past participle: describes an action that makes no sense
Apinya found the exam answer key bafflingly full of mistakes that contradicted the textbook.
Apinya 發現考試解答費解地充滿了與課本矛盾的錯誤。
The mayor gave a bafflingly vague response to a question about the school budget crisis.
市長對學校預算危機的問題給了一個費解而含糊的回答。
After the heavy rain season the reservoir was bafflingly almost empty of water.
經歷了漫長的雨季之後,水庫的水量卻費解地幾乎見底了。
- perplexingly
more formal, especially of puzzles or intellectual questions
- inexplicably
emphasises that no explanation exists, not just that it is confusing
- confusingly
less strong; describes something that makes you lose clarity rather than completely stumps you
文法句型
bafflingly + adjective
bafflingly + verb
用法筆記
Commonly placed immediately before the adjective or past participle it modifies, though it can also precede the main verb in a clause.
常見錯誤
bafflingly — 形容詞
- bafflinglypositive
- more bafflinglycomparative
- most bafflinglysuperlative
1. so unclear, strange, or complicated that you cannot understand it or explain how
令人困惑的
極難理解或說明的
so unclear, strange, or complicated that you cannot understand it or explain how it works
The instructions for Jabari's new phone were so baffling that he called the company for help.
Jabari 的新手機說明書令人困惑到不得不打電話給客服求助。
so baffling that + clause: common pattern for expressing result
Scientists found the earthquake data baffling because it did not match any known geological pattern.
科學家發現地震數據令人困惑,因為它不符合任何已知的地質模式。
The professor gave a baffling explanation of the theorem that left most students confused.
教授對定理的解釋令人困惑,大多數學生聽完後一頭霧水。
It was baffling to the firefighters how a single candle started such a huge fire.
消防隊員感到困惑的是,一根小蠟燭竟然引發了這麼大的火災。
- puzzling
less intense; something that makes you think hard but is not necessarily impossible to understand
- bewildering
a stronger emotional sense — makes you feel lost or overwhelmed
- perplexing
more formal; focuses on the intellectual challenge of the problem
- clear
easy to understand
- straightforward
simple and uncomplicated
用法筆記
Used to describe things (situations, problems, behaviour, data) rather than people. To describe a person's state, use 'baffled' instead.