confuse

puzzle, bewilder, confuse, embarrass, perplex, baffle, confound, distract

动词 confuse:

1. mistake one thing for another
   同义词：confound
2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
   同义词：throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
3. cause to feel embarrassment
   同义词：flurry, disconcert, put off
4. assemble without order or sense
   同义词：jumble, mix up
5. make unclear or incomprehensible
6. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
   同义词：blur, obscure, obnubilate

1. They asked so many questions that they confused me.
   他们问了许许多多问题，把我弄糊涂了。
2. Please don't confuse Australia with Austria.
   别把澳大利亚和奥地利混淆了。

con.fuse

v.（动词）
con.fused,con.fus.ing,con.fus.es
v.tr.（及物动词）

To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off.
使迷惑：使不能清析地思考或理智地行动；使犯错误
To cause to feel embarrassment.
使感觉窘迫

To mistake (one thing for another):
误解（一个当成另一个）：
例句：
confused effusiveness with affection.
把言语的吐露误解为故意的炫耀

To make opaque; blur:
使不透明；把…弄模糊：
例句：
.The old labels . . . confuse debate instead of clarifying it.(Christopher Lasch)
.旧的标签…不但无法澄清议题，反而使它更加模糊了.(克里斯托夫·拉希)

To assemble without order or sense; jumble.
使混乱：无感觉或顺序的糅合；使混淆
Archaic To bring to ruination.
【古语】 使毁灭
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To make something unclear or incomprehensible:
使得某物不清楚或不易理解：
例句：
a new tax code that only further confuses.
只造成更多疑问的新税法

来源：
Middle English confusen
中古英语 confusen
from Old French confus [perplexed]
源自 古法语 confus [困惑的]
from Latin cônfôsus [past participle of] cônfundere [to mix together] * see confound
源自 拉丁语 cônfôsus [] cônfundere的过去分词 [使混乱] *参见 confound

【引伸】
confus.ingly
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>confuse,addle,befuddle,discombobulate,fuddle,muddle,throwThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to cause to be unclear in mind or intent.:
这些动词的中心意思都是.引起思想或意图的混乱.：
例句：
heavy traffic that confused the novice driver;
繁忙的交通使新司机不知所措；

例句：
problems that addle my brain;
问题把我的大脑搞糊涂了；

例句：
a question that befuddled even the professor;
这个问题甚至难住了教授；

例句：
was discombobulated by the staggering number of possibilities;
被惊人的概率数字搞乱了；

例句：
a plot so complex that it fuddles one`s comprehension;
情节如此繁杂以致于使人理解困难；

例句：
a head that was muddled by endless facts and figures;
大脑被没完没了的数字和事实搞得乱七八糟；

例句：
behavior that really threw me.
他的行为把我弄懵了