confuse

confuse

英 [kən'fjuːz]
　　美 [kən'fjʊz]

vt. 使混亂；使困惑

v.(動詞)confuse的基本意思是“使迷惑”,指人頭腦混亂,沒法清楚地思維或理智地行動,做出瞭張冠李戴的情況,強調極其難堪或迷惑不解。confuse常用作及物動詞,多接名詞或代詞作賓語; 也可與介詞with連用,表示“把…同…弄混瞭”。

中文詞源：

confuse 困惑

con-, 強調。-fus, 流，傾瀉，詞源同fusion, foundry. 即流到一起的，難以區別的。

例句：

1. I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life.
我認為把書本同生活混為一談是大錯特錯。

2. This is an attempt to confuse form and [ with ] substance.
這是企圖把形式同實質混 淆.

3. People are apt to confuse the two issues.
人們容易把這兩個問題混淆起來.

4. Don't confuse Austria with [ and ] Australia.
不要把奧地利與澳大利亞弄混 淆 瞭.

5. Do not draw it on the chart, however, as this will confuse the issue.
但不用把它畫到圖上去，因為那樣反而會混淆問題的重點。