| 词汇 | boggled |
| 释义 | boggled past simple and past participle ofboggle boggle verb uk /ˈbɒɡ.əl/ us /ˈbɑː.ɡəl/ [ T ] to confuse or surprise someone very much: Interpreting the complicated, 154-page document still boggles many employers. He was boggled by the idea that people could hate one another just because of the colour of their skin. the mind boggles used for saying that you find something very difficult to understand or imagine: The mind boggles at the amount of money they spend on food. boggle the mind(alsoboggle someone's mind, boggle the imagination, boggle someone's imagination, boggle the brain, boggle someone's brain) to be very difficult for someone to understand or imagine: To think about how people lived 3,000 years ago boggles the mind. [ I ] to be very surprised, confused, or uncertain about something: boggle atHe boggled at the suggestion.他对这个建议犹豫不决。 This left the audience to boggle over what exactly had just happened. 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 You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Confusion, confusing and feeling confused Surprised Related wordsboggling mind-boggling Examples of boggledboggled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This situation has boggled my mind for years. He is boggled, too, and so he should be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The ordinary small property-owner is simply boggled when he looks at the form. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the imagination of a great many people rather boggled at devolving the whole gamut of power upon a single regional manager. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He let his imagination run to the point where it boggled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has not boggled over any of the points. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My mind has been completely boggled—if that is the right term to use. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We would not have boggled at or fallen out about a figure of 14 instead of 12, or 10 instead of 12. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The imagination boggled at the vast economic assumptions that they had to make which underlay decisions of that character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I confess that my mind boggled at the prospect of a regiment being placed in a state of suspended animation nevertheless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people there represented so many children's organisations that my mind boggled at the large number of organisations dealing with all the various aspects that relate to children. 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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