baffle
verbto confuse somebody completely; to be too difficult or strange for somebody to understand or explain 使困惑;难住 - baffle somebody
His behaviour baffles me. 他的行为使我难以琢磨。 - be baffled (as to) why, how, where, etc…
I'm baffled as to why she hasn't called. 我不明白她为什么还没打电话。 I'm baffled why she hasn't called. 我不明白她为什么还没打电话。
Extra ExamplesI'm baffled by her decision. 我对她的决定感到困惑。 It baffles me why the show is so popular. 我不明白为什么这个节目如此受欢迎。 Scientists are baffled as to why so many young people are affected. 科学家对为什么会有这么多年轻人受影响大惑不解。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBaffle is used with these nouns as the object:- scientist
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cheat, deceive’): perhaps related to French bafouer ‘ridicule’ or obsolete French beffer ‘mock, deceive’.- baffle somebody