puzzling

英 [ˈpʌzlɪŋ]

美 [ˈpʌzlɪŋ]

v.  迷惑; 使困惑
puzzle的现在分词

现在分词：puzzling　

TOEFL

BNC.13872 / COCA.13539

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使迷惑；使困惑
  If somethingpuzzlesyou, you do not understand it and feel confused.
  1. My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety.
     我妹妹总让我捉摸不透，弄得我焦虑不安。
• VERB 对…苦苦思索；因…大伤脑筋
  If youpuzzle oversomething, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it.
  1. In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.
     在排演莎士比亚的戏剧时，其中诗句和散文的复杂让我大伤脑筋。
• See also:...a word puzzle.crossword
• N-SING 令人费解的人；令人困惑的事物
  You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand asa puzzle.
  1. Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists...
     “旅行者二号”发回的数据给天文学家们提出了一个难题：离我们最远的那颗行星为什么会存在。
  2. She was a puzzle.
     她是个谜。

英英释义

adj

• lacking clarity of meaning
  1. sent confusing signals to Iraq
  2. perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it
  3. a puzzling statement
  Synonym:confusingperplexing
• not clear to the understanding
  1. I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later
  2. prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries
  Synonym:enigmaticenigmatical

双语例句

• MS cook's version of the affair solves many of the story's puzzling inconsistencies.
  库克女士对事件的叙述解答了报道中许多令人困惑的矛盾事情。
• These were nice questions, but Isabel's arrival put a stop to his puzzling over them.
  这是一些棘手的问题，但伊莎贝尔的到来使他结束了这种左右为难的局面。
• Can u answer a question which I want to ask and which is puzzling me?
  我想知道什么在困扰着我，你能为我解答吗？
• The situation there was more puzzling than ever.
  那里的局势比从前更令人迷惑不解了。
• We're still puzzling about how the accident could have happened.
  我们仍然对事故是如何发生的感到困惑。
• What sadder reflection on all that we have become in this new and puzzling time?
  还有什么更为可悲地表明我们在这个令人困惑的新时代所感受到的惶恐之情呢？
• Researchers are puzzling over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations.
  人员对结果困惑不解，这与的预料截然相反。
• Chinese social moral life has also transcended the puzzling and introspection phase of the social transformation era.
  中国的社会道德生活也已经超越了社会转型时期的困惑与反思阶段。
• This whole business is very puzzling.
  这件事从头到尾都很让人费解。
• Blue trees are not the only initially puzzling thing about Japan.
  蓝色的树并非唯一一个会在一开始让你对日本感到迷惑不解的东西。