mystification
mystification — 名詞
1. the state of being completely unable to make sense of a person, situation, or id
困惑不解
因無法理解而感到混亂的狀態
the state of being completely unable to make sense of a person, situation, or idea
Zuri stared at the tax form in mystification, unable to follow a single instruction.
Zuri 困惑不解地盯著報稅表格，完全看不懂上面的任何一項說明。
collocation: in mystification
Rin watched the magic trick in mystification, unable to work out where the coin went.
Rin 困惑不解地看著魔術表演，完全看不出硬幣是怎麼消失的。
Camille sat through the astrophysics talk in complete mystification, unable to follow a single slide about black holes.
Camille 困惑不解地聽完整場天體物理講座，完全跟不上任何一張關於黑洞的投影片。
Ari's face showed pure mystification when the waiter explained the twenty-page menu.
服務生解釋那份二十頁菜單時，Ari 臉上露出完全的困惑不解。
- in mystification
- complete mystification
- utter mystification
- stare in mystification
- bewilderment
emphasises the feeling of being lost and disoriented
- perplexity
suggests being puzzled in a more intellectual, thoughtful way
- confusion
a more general, everyday word for not understanding
- clarity
the state of understanding something perfectly
- comprehension
the ability to grasp and make sense of something
2. the act of deliberately making something unclear or hard to follow, often to hid
故弄玄虛
故意使人困惑的行為或過程
the act of deliberately making something unclear or hard to follow, often to hide what is really going on
Adina accused the lawyer of mystification after the contract terms shifted with every question.
Adina 指責律師故弄玄虛，因為合約條款隨著每個問題不斷變動。
accuse + of + mystification
The factory's mystification of its asbestos-exposure records left workers unaware they had been breathing toxic dust for years.
工廠對石棉暴露紀錄的故弄玄虛，讓工人多年來都不知道自己一直在吸入有毒粉塵。
Ravindra saw the ministry's budget report as mystification, burying the true cost of the project under pages of accounting jargon.
Ravindra 認為部會的預算報告是在故弄玄虛，把專案的真實成本埋在層層會計術語底下。
The school board’s mystification of the building fund hid how much money went into classroom repairs.
學校董事會對建設基金的故弄玄虛，讓人看不出有多少錢真正用在教室修繕上。
- deliberate mystification
- accuse of mystification
- mystification of the facts
- obfuscation
more formal; stresses making something purposely unclear
- deception
broader term for misleading, not always through confusion
- clarification
the act of making something clear and understandable
3. something deliberately made to puzzle people or hide the truth
騙局；煙霧彈
故意設計來迷惑他人的事物
something deliberately made to puzzle people or hide the truth
The leaked memo was a mystification, full of invented figures to mislead the press.
那份外洩的備忘錄是一枚煙霧彈，滿是為了誤導媒體而捏造的數字。
Selim proved the leaked memo was a mystification, planted by a rival firm to panic investors into selling their shares.
Selim 證實那份外洩的備忘錄是一枚煙霧彈，由競爭公司佈局，要讓投資人恐慌拋售股票。
[something] was a mystification
The email promising a free cruise was a mystification, designed to trick pensioners into handing over their bank account numbers.
那封承諾免費郵輪之旅的電子郵件是一個騙局，設計來騙取退休老人交出銀行帳號。
Benjamin discovered the viral news story was a mystification, cooked up to stir fear about the upcoming election.
Benjamin 發現那則爆紅的新聞報導是一個騙局，編造來在選舉前夕製造恐慌。
- a mystification
- prove to be a mystification
- turn out to be a mystification
用法筆記
Often used for something created specifically to mislead — a fake document, a false story, or a staged event.
同根字
- mystery名詞B1
- mysterious形容詞B1
- mystify動詞C1
- mystifying形容詞B2
- mystified形容詞B2