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

• This is puzzling as well as interesting for many scientists.
  这对许多科学家来说既令人费解又很有趣。
• To explain the puzzling findings, he offers two theories.
  为了解释这一令人困惑的研究结果，雷德梅尔提出了两个理论。
• He sits puzzling over ancient Hebrew texts.
  他坐在那里对着古老的希伯来文本大伤脑筋。
• This whole business is very puzzling.
  这件事从头到尾都很让人费解。
• Puzzling of I unexpectedly record my mood in English.
  莫名其妙的我竟然用英语来记录我的心情。
• One thing was puzzling him, a little thing that would have puzzled the world had it known.
  有一件小事令他不解。那小事老是世人知道了是会不解的。
• 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？
• This whole business is very puzzling. There is a lot more to it than meets the eye.
  整件事非常令人费解，远比看起来复杂。
• 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。
• No one is suggesting such an approach and this should be puzzling.
  没人建议使用这种方式，而且这会让人觉得莫名其妙。