nonplus 英 [ˌnɒn'plʌs]   美 [nɑnˈplʌs]

nonplus

nonplus  英 [ˌnɒn'plʌs] 美 [nɑnˈplʌs]

n. 迷惑;困惑  vt. 使困惑 

进行时:nonplussing  过去式:nonplussed  过去分词:nonplussed  第三人称单数:nonplusses 

The professor is never at a nonplus , and never perplexed by a problem. 那位教授从未感到困惑,也没有被任何问题所难倒。
TYPICAL USE:He was nonplus by the strange customs he saw everywhere in the country. 他在这国各地看到的奇怪习俗,困惑了他。

  • To nonplus is to baffle or confuse someone to the point that they have nothing to say. Something weird and mysterious can nonplus you, like a play that is performed entirely by chickens.
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  • n. 迷惑;困惑
  • vt. 使困惑
  • 1. The professor is never at a nonplus , and never perplexed by a problem.

    那位教授从未感到困惑,也没有被任何问题所难倒。

  • 2. TYPICAL USE:He was nonplus by the strange customs he saw everywhere in the country.

    他在这国各地看到的奇怪习俗,困惑了他。

  • nonplus (v.) "to bring to a nonplus, to perplex," 1590s, from the noun (1580s), properly "state where 'nothing more' can be done or said," from Latin non plus "no more, no further" (see plus). Related: Nonplussed.
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