| 词汇 | mystified |
| 释义 | mystified past simple and past participle ofmystify mystify verb[ Toften passive ] uk /ˈmɪs.tɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈmɪs.tə.faɪ/ to confuse someone by being or doing something very strange or impossible to explain: 使迷惑不解;使困惑 I was mystified by her decision.她的决定使我迷惑不解。 Most Americans are totally mystified by the English game of cricket.大多数美国人似乎完全搞不懂英国的板球运动是怎么回事。 Synonyms baffle bemuse bewilder flummoxinformal perplex puzzle Opposite demystify Puzzle and confuse addle baffle bedazzle befuddle bemuse confuse discombobulate disorientate do someone's head inidiom flummox fox loop puzzle ravel search throw throw (someone) a curve (ball)/curveballidiom throw someone off balanceidiom tie tie someone (up) in knotsidiom Related wordsmystifying mystifyingly Examples of mystifiedmystified In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Romanticism's notion of originality, in my view, mystified the notion of fame by substituting a cultural criterion for the economic one. Continued reference to customary law kept the agents of the state mystified about and marginal to important affairs of the region and community. In effect, the research process could not be mystified and my performance as a researcher was transparent. The plaintiff seemed quite mystified by this remark. But before you get it, you can be quite mystified as to what is going on. She then dramatically revealed that the clothing appeared complete and uncut; so that the seance-goers were mystified as to how the pieces she distributed had been produced. Empathy has long mystified social theorists, resisting simple description and explanation. He is mystified intentionally, now presented with illusion for reality, now reality for illusion, jolted from one to the other until in complete befuddlement he is sure of nothing. Scientific fraud of course occurs, but when it does, colleagues are genuinely saddened, and mystified about how the fraudsters thought they could get away with it. They would find the whole of the middle vote solidly behind them, for those people are alarmed and mystified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The locals have been mystified because the colonels have disappeared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am mystified as to why ideology-crazed feminists come out of the woodwork during almost every debate we hold. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The ordinary person is completely mystified about that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But all those parties will be mystified at the idea that handing hospitals over to mutual social ownership is abandoning leftist principles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have always been mystified by the processes of the magistrates courts committee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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