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  1. 1aB1/kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/令人困惑的；難懂的

    unclear and difficult to understand, so that you are not sure what something means or what you should do.

    示範例句 · Example

    The instructions for the new board game were confusing, so we asked Hana's brother to explain.

    逐字那個新桌遊的說明是令人困惑的，所以我們請花奈的哥哥解釋。

    「confusing」形容的是那個東西本身——說明書、地圖、規則、一段話——因為不清楚、沒有順序，讓人看了搞不清楚。可以想成：confuse 是「把兩件事在你腦袋裡攪在一起」，confusing 就是「會把人攪糊塗的那個東西」。所以 confusing 用在事物上（The instructions were confusing），confused 用在人身上（I was confused）——一個是原因，一個是感覺。

    常見搭配

    • very / really confusing

      非常難懂

      extremely difficult to understand

      The road signs were very confusing and we ended up going the wrong way.

    • a bit / a little confusing

      有點難懂

      slightly difficult to understand

      The first page is a little confusing, but after that it gets easier.

    • confusing for somebody

      對某些人來說很難懂

      difficult for a particular group of people to understand

      The rules can be confusing for beginners.

    • find something confusing

      覺得某樣東西很難懂

      to think that something is difficult to understand

      I found some of the questions really confusing.

    • confusing instructions

      寫得不清楚的說明

      written or spoken directions that are not clear

      The confusing instructions made the model plane much harder to build.

    • a confusing situation

      讓人搞不清楚狀況的情形

      a situation where it is not clear what is happening

      It was a confusing situation, and nobody knew which line to join.

core核心畫面

Picture instructions, a sign, or an explanation that leaves your head tangled: the pieces are all there but they don't line up, so you finish reading and still don't know what it means or what you are supposed to do. The word points at the thing that tangles you, not at you.

可以想成一份說明書、一個路標、一段解釋擺在你面前，零件都在，卻對不起來：看完了你還是不知道它到底在講什麼、接下來該怎麼做，腦袋裡打成一團。要注意方向——confusing 說的是那個把人弄亂的東西（The instructions are confusing 這說明寫得很難懂），至於被弄亂的人，英文說 confused（I'm confused 我搞不懂）。

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原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

confusingadj/kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/

  • 1

    difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.

    • Several sections in that book are really confusing.
    • The Cleveland Clinic’s Sukol thinks the word “healthy” is confusing and should be replaced with the term “nourishing,” as some processed foods have been marketed as “healthy.”

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