perplexing

UK/pә'pleksiŋ/US

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Definitions

adj.

Confusing and difficult to understand

令人困惑的，费解的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

per-through, thoroughly

plexfold, bend, layer

-ingcontinuous / action of

=perplexing

The present-participle adjective of perplex (per- + plex, "folded through and through"): describing something that leaves you tangled up and unable to make sense of it. See perplex.

Root plic still carries 55 more words

Common Collocations

1.perplexing situation令人困惑的情况
2.perplexing question令人困惑的问题
3.perplexing problem令人困惑的问题

Example Sentences

1.
It was a perplexing puzzle with no obvious solution.
2.
She gave me a perplexing answer.

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