confuse [kən'fju:z] verb transitive ESSENTIAL ■to mix up someone's mind or ideas, or to make something difficult to understand 使困惑,使糊涂;使混乱•You're confusing him! Tell him slowly and one thing at a time.你把他搞糊涂了!慢慢跟他讲,一次说一件事。 •Stop confusing the issue (= making the problem unnecessarily difficult) !别再把事情越搞越乱! ESSENTIAL ■to mix up two separate things or people in your mind, imagining that they are one 将…混同,将…混淆•You're confusing me with my sister, - she's the one studying drama.你把我当成我姐姐了——她才是学戏剧的那个。 •It's easy to confuse his films, because he tends to use the same actors.他的影片很容易混淆,因为他老是用相同的演员。 |