bewilder
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++be·wil·der /bɪˈwɪldə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] CONFUSEDto confuse someone 使迷惑，使迷茫 He was bewildered by his daughter’s reaction. 他被女儿的反应弄糊涂了。n Grammar Bewilder is usually passive.→ See Verb table
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bewilder• For those unemployed and with a family, the added worry of responsibility for the next generation must be bewildering.• The old general store had gone but the shade thorn tree was still there, bewildered by its surround of concrete pavement.• His doctors were bewildered by the cause of such severe hives.• You could hardly blame them, though, for feeling bewildered from time to time.• But it bewildered him and, in a sense, made him resentful.• The old men, terrified, bewildered, huddled together.• The money that changes hands can take a bewildering variety of forms and flow in various directions.Origin bewilder (1600-1700) wilder “to lead the wrong way, confuse” ((17-19 centuries)), perhaps from wildernessbe·wil·der verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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bewilder
be‧wil‧der /bɪˈwɪldə $ -ər/
verb [transitive usually passive]
He was bewildered by his daughter’s reaction.
be‧wil‧der /bɪˈwɪldə $ -ər/
verb [transitive usually passive] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: wilder __to lead the wrong way, confuse__ (17-19 centuries), perhaps from wilderness
to confuse someone:Origin: wilder __to lead the wrong way, confuse__ (17-19 centuries), perhaps from wilderness