confuse
verb-
to make somebody unable to think clearly or understand something 使糊涂；使迷惑 - confuse somebody
These two sets of statistics are guaranteed to confuse the public. 这两套统计数据肯定会把公众搞糊涂。 - confuse somebody with something
They confused me with conflicting accounts of what happened. 他们对发生的事所作的陈述自相矛盾，使我迷惑不解。
Extra ExamplesSeeing the two of them together totally confused me. 看到他们两个在一起，我给完全搞糊涂了。 They have deliberately confused the general public with their claims. 他们故意用自己的要求混淆大众的视线。 Doctors love to confuse us with obscure Latin names and terms. 医生爱用晦涩的拉丁名和术语迷惑我们。 These instructions confused everyone. 这些说明让每个人都感到糊涂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- really
- thoroughly
- …
- confuse somebody
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to think wrongly that somebody/something is somebody/something else （将…）混淆，混同 - confuse A and B
People often confuse me and my twin sister. 人们常常把我和我的孪生妹妹搞错。 - confuse A with B
Be careful not to confuse quantity with quality. 注意不要把数量与质量混淆了。 - confuse A for B
She says that meteors breaking apart can easily be confused for UFOs. 她说，流星分裂很容易被混淆为不明飞行物。
Extra ExamplesI sometimes confuse Jane with her sister. 我有时把简和她的妹妹搞混。 You can easily confuse the two paintings. 这两幅画很容易弄混。 An apology for something should not be confused with genuine remorse. 为某事道歉不应与真正的悔恨混淆。 The Tasmanian wolf is not to be confused with the dingo. 不要把袋狼和澳洲野犬搞混。 The condition can sometimes be confused for influenza. 这种症状有时候会被误作流感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- for
- with
- confuse A and B
- confuse something
to make a subject more difficult to understand 使更难于理解 Extra ExamplesThere are too many different rules confusing the situation. 有太多不同的规则混淆了情况。 Just to confuse matters, they have decided to give all the streets new names. 为了混淆视听，他们决定给所有街道起新名字。 His latest comments only serve to confuse the issue further. 他最近的说法只是使问题更难懂。 I will try to be brief and avoid further confusing the issue. 我尽量简要地说，免得把问题弄得更复杂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- really
- thoroughly
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘rout, bring to ruin’): from Old French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere ‘mingle together’. Originally all senses of the verb were passive, and therefore appeared only as the past participle confused; the active voice occurred rarely until the 19th cent. when it began to replace confound.