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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you pin people down, they will tell you some puzzling things about stress.
  如果非让他们说的话，人们会告诉你一些有关压力的令人费解的事情。
• I found that film very puzzling.
  我觉得那部电影非常令人费解。
• 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。
• I have been puzzling my brains about this question for weeks now.
  对这个问题我已经苦苦思索了几个星期了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。