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

• I spent hours puzzling over the theme of the poem.
  我对这首诗的主题想了几个小时。
• This is a puzzling statement.
  这是一份令人困惑的声明。
• The thing I find most puzzling is that he never mentions his family.
  让我觉得奇怪最的是他从不提家里的事。
• 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。
• Some experimentalists may suddenly see an underlying order in nature's most puzzling process.
  某些实验主义者不定何时突然识破了这自然界最令人困惑的过程的基本规律。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。