baffling

英 [ˈbæflɪŋ]

美 [ˈbæflɪŋ]

v.  使困惑; 难住
baffle的现在分词

现在分词：baffling　

化学

BNC.19956 / COCA.16537

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使困惑；把…难住
  If somethingbafflesyou, you cannot understand it or explain it.
  1. An apple tree producing square fruit is baffling experts.
     一棵结方形苹果的树令专家大惑不解。

英英释义

adj

• making great mental demands
  1. a baffling problem
  2. I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
  3. a problematic situation at home
  Synonym:elusiveknottyproblematicproblematicaltough

双语例句

• This is attractively simple ( if you ignore the baffling inverted commas), but is less attractively stupid.
  这句话的迷人之处在于简单（前提是忽略掉那对莫名其妙的单引号），不那么迷人的地方在于愚蠢。
• When we returned from new zealand, the voyage was lengthened by baffling winds.
  我们从新西兰回来时，因风向不稳定而延长了航程。
• In contrast, Mr Cruise's behaviour is baffling because he is already a star.
  反观汤姆•克鲁斯的行为，就有些令人费解，毕竟他已经是明星了。
• He put forward a baffling question.
  他提了一个难题。
• Why his brethren have not also done so is equally baffling.
  我们同样不理解的是，他的同行们为何不作出相同的表示。
• Our host was arrogant and offensive. How his sweet wife could tolerate such a horror was baffling.
  招待我们的男主人傲慢无礼。真不知道他温柔的妻子怎么能容忍这样一个讨厌的家伙。
• I found what he was saying completely baffling.
  我觉得他的话莫名其妙。
• And how he might have arrived at this angle and this range was entirely baffling.
  而他到底是怎样摆成了如此角度和如此距离？这真让人费解。
• Still, the US does have an argument, although it is a baffling one.
  美国还有一个理由，不过这个理由令人困惑。
• If you can make business seem this baffling, you can charge more for helping people to understand it.
  如果你处于类似这样的难以理解的职业，你可以管理更多来帮助人们去理解。