flummox
flummox 英 [ˈflʌməks] 美 [ˈflʌməks]
n. 失败 vt. 使狼狈；使混乱；使惶惑 vi. 出现错误；失败
进行时:flummoxing 过去式:flummoxed 过去分词:flummoxed 第三人称单数:flummoxes 名词复数:flummoxes
- Does the word flummox bewilder, confound, dumbfound and generally mystify you? Well, fear no more, because flummox means all of these things!
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- n. 失败
- vt. 使狼狈；使混乱；使惶惑
- vi. 出现错误；失败
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1. This may flummox the waiter - who will then send over someone who actually knows something about wine.
很遗憾，在很多情况下，侍者并不真正了解葡萄酒，只会随便为你选一种。
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2. These patterns flummox researchers and, according to Wilson, they will continue to remain mysterious until we look at culture for an answer.
这些问题让擅下断语的研究人员大感窘迫，而据威尔逊之言，只有当我们在文化中寻求答案时他们才不再神秘。
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3. Ambivalent teams and individuals that are unable to make or hold to decisions can flummox discussions as easily as stubbornness can.
充满矛盾的、不能做出决定或不能坚持决定的团体和个人，如同顽固者一样很容易使谈判陷入僵局。
- flummox (v.) 1837, cant word, also flummux, of uncertain origin, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). "The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily" [OED]. Related: Flummoxed; flummoxing.
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