confusing

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confusing — 形容詞

  • confusingpositive
  • more confusingcomparative
  • most confusingsuperlative

1. so unclear or disorganised that the people reading, hearing, or watching it cann

1.形容詞B1
釋義

令人困惑的

難以理解、讓人搞不清楚的

so unclear or disorganised that the people reading, hearing, or watching it cannot easily work out what is being said or what to do.

例句

Walid found the airport signs in three languages quite confusing during his first transit through Doha.

Walid 第一次在杜哈轉機時，覺得三種語言的機場指標相當令人困惑。

find something confusing

The film's flashback structure was confusing for viewers who had not read the book.

對於沒讀過原著的觀眾來說，這部電影的倒敘結構讓人很難理解。

confusing for someone

常見搭配
  • really confusing
  • very confusing
  • rather confusing
  • find something confusing
  • confusing for someone
  • a confusing message
  • confusing instructions
  • confusing signs
同義詞
  • puzzling

    stronger sense of mystery; you want to solve it

  • bewildering

    stronger and more emotional; can feel overwhelmed

  • unclear

    neutral; suggests missing information rather than mixed-up information

  • muddled

    informal; suggests disorganised or jumbled

反義詞

文法句型

it is confusing that ...

find something confusing

confusing for someone

用法筆記

Subject of 'confusing' is the thing that causes confusion (instructions, signs, a story, a film). For the person feeling lost, use 'confused', not 'confusing': 'I am confused' (you feel lost) vs 'It is confusing' (it causes the feeling).

常見錯誤

I am confusing about the new rules.
I am confused about the new rules.
use 'confused' for the person feeling unsure; 'confusing' is for the thing that causes the feeling.
The teacher is very confusing person.
The teacher is a very confusing person.
singular countable nouns need 'a / an' before adjectives like 'confusing'.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • confusing instructions
  • confusing message
  • confusing signs
  • confusing situation
  • confusing array

副詞搭配

  • really confusing
  • very confusing
  • rather confusing
  • incredibly confusing
  • deliberately confusing

常用片語

  • find something confusing
  • it is confusing that

介系詞搭配

  • confusing for someone
  • confusing to someone
  • confusing about something