剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - confusion collapse

confusion
/kən'fju:.ʒən/
noun
I [C or U]
* when people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or something is
困惑，糊涂；迷惑不解；混淆

1. There seems to be some confusion over who is actually giving the talk.
好像不是很清楚到底是谁在作报告。

2. To avoid confusion, the twins never wore the same clothes.
为了避免混淆，这对双胞胎从不穿一样的衣服。

I [U]
* a situation, often with a lot of activity and noise, in which people do not know what to do
混乱状态

1. In the confusion after the bomb blast, I lost my bag and wasn't able to stop and look for it.
在爆炸发生后的一片混乱中，我丢了袋子，也无法停下来寻找它。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - confusion collapse

confusion ★★☆☆☆
1.N-VAR 可变名词(尤指因想法不同造成的)困惑，不明确 If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.

  • There's still confusion about the number of casualties...

    伤亡人数依然不明。

  • Omissions in my recent article must have caused confusion.

    我最近一篇文章中的几处省略肯定造成了困惑。

2.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词(尤指因很多事情同时发生造成的)混乱局面，骚乱 Confusion is a situation in which everything is in disorder, especially because there are lots of things happening at the same time.

  • There was confusion when a man fired shots...

    一个男子开了几枪，场面一片混乱。

  • The rebel leader appears to have escaped in the confusion.

    叛乱分子首领似乎已乘乱逃脱。

3.N-VAR 可变名词困惑;不知所措 If your mind is in a state of confusion, you do not know what to believe or what you should do.

  • We always left his office in a state of confusion.

    我们总是一头雾水地离开他的办公室。

  • ...the pressures and confusions of puberty.

    青春期的种种压力和困惑

4.See also:confuse;

    牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - confusion collapse

    ☞ confusion
    con·fu·sion / kEn5fju:Vn / noun1. [U, C] ~ (about / over sth) | ~ (as to sth) a state of not being certain about what is happening, what you should do, what sth means, etc.
       不确定；困惑:
       There is some confusion about what the correct procedure should be.
       对于应该采取什么正确步骤,还是有些不明确。
       a confusion as to what to do next
       不清楚下一步该怎么办
    2. [U, C] ~ (between A and B) the fact of making a mistake about who sb is or what sth is
       混淆；混同:
       To avoid confusion, please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.
       为避免搞错,请在孩子所有的校服上写清楚他们各自的姓名。
       confusion between letters of the alphabet like 'o' or 'a'
       像 o 或 a 这类字母之间的易于混淆
    3. [U] a feeling of embarrassment when you do not understand sth and are not sure what to do in a situation
       困窘；尴尬；局促不安:
       He looked at me in confusion and did not answer the question.
       他困窘地看着我,没有回答问题。
    4. [U] a confused situation in which people do not know what action to take
       (让人不知所措的)混乱局面,乱成一团:
       Fighting had broken out and all was chaos and confusion.
       战斗爆发了,一切都陷入了混乱不堪的状态。
       Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.
       她的突然到来使得我们不知所措,乱成一团。

    牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - confusion collapse

    confusion noun

    • ADJECTIVE complete, total, utter | considerable, great | mild, slight | general, mass, widespread | understandable They are very hard to tell apart, so the ~ is understandable. | pure His expression was one of pure ~. | initial | momentary | unnecessary | mental | ensuing, resulting

    • VERB + CONFUSION avoid, prevent a few key tips to help you avoid any ~ | I kept my ex-husband's last name to prevent ~. | cause, create, generate, lead to, result in, sow | add to This latest decision has only added to the general ~. | minimize medication labels that minimize ~ | clarify, clear up, dispel, eliminate | plunge sb/sth into, throw sb/sth into The office has been thrown into total ~ by her resignation. | sense I could sense her ~ and frustration.

    • CONFUSION + VERB arise, reign Confusion reigns when two managers give conflicting instructions. | surround sth The government needs to clear up the ~ surrounding its policy on water.

    • PREPOSITION in (the) ~ She stared at them both in utter ~. | In the ~ that followed, she managed to slip away unnoticed. | ~ about, ~ over, ~ regarding There is widespread ~ about the government's health policy. | There has been considerable ~ regarding the facts of her death. | ~ among The announcement caused a lot of ~ among the students. | ~ as to ~ as to the whereabouts of the man | ~ between ~ between letters of the alphabet | ~ with the ~ of this book with her last one

    • PHRASES a scene of ~, a state of ~ | to avoid ~ To avoid ~, label each box clearly.

    The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - confusion collapse

    confusion
     covered with confusion
     greatly embarrassed

    牛津英语同义词学习词典 - confusion collapse

    confusion noun
    ⇨ chaos (The smoke bombs created confusion and panic.) ⇨ doubt 1 (confusion about what to do next)

    新牛津英语同义词词典 - confusion collapse

    confusion

    noun
    1 there seems to be some confusion about which system does what
    UNCERTAINTY , lack of certainty, unsureness, indecision, hesitation, hesitancy, scepticism, doubt, ignorance; rare dubiety, incertitude.
    -opposite(s): CERTAINTY.

    2 she looked about her in confusion
    BEWILDERMENT , bafflement, perplexity, puzzlement, mystification, stupefaction, disorientation, befuddlement, muddle; discomfiture, discomposure, shock, daze, devastation; wonder, wonderment, astonishment; informal bamboozlement, discombobulation; rare disconcertment, disconcertion.

    3 your personal life seems to have been thrown into utter confusion
    DISORDER , disarray, disorganization, disorderliness, untidiness, chaos, mayhem, bedlam, pandemonium, madness, havoc, turmoil, tumult, commotion, disruption, upheaval, furore, frenzy, uproar, babel, hurly-burly, maelstrom, muddle, mess, shambles; a mare's nest, anarchy, entropy; informal hullabaloo, all hell broken loose, a madhouse; N. Amer. informal a three-ring circus; rare disarrangement.
    -opposite(s): ORDER.

    4 a confusion of brown cardboard boxes
    JUMBLE , muddle, mess, heap, tangle, entanglement, tumble, welter, litter, shambles.

    词源记忆 - confusion collapse

    confusion

    confusion：困惑，糊涂；混淆；混乱

    词根词缀： con-共同 + -fus-熔,注 + -ion名词词尾