confusion

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指因事物混杂不清或缺乏明确性而导致的思想、情感或状态上的混乱、困惑或无序。

用法要点

介词搭配

常与介词 about、over、between 等连用,表示混乱的原因或对象。例如,confusion about something 表示对某事的困惑,confusion over a decision 表示对决定的混淆,confusion between two things 表示两者间的混淆。

• confusion about the rules
• confusion over the schedule
• confusion between the twins

句型结构

常用在 there is/was confusion 或 cause/create confusion 等结构中。例如,there is confusion among the staff 表示员工中存在混乱,the new policy caused confusion 表示新政策引发了混淆。

• There is some confusion here.
• This caused a lot of confusion.
• It created confusion in the team.

语域说明

confusion 在正式和非正式语境中都常用,但在学术或商务场景中更倾向于描述逻辑或信息上的混乱,而在日常对话中可能指情感或实际事务的困惑。

• academic confusion over theories
• business confusion in the market
• everyday confusion about directions

基础例句

There was some confusion about the meeting time, so I arrived late.

关于会议时间有些混淆,所以我迟到了。

The new instructions caused a lot of confusion among the team members.

新指示在团队成员中引发了很多混乱。

I'm in total confusion after hearing all the different opinions.

听完所有不同意见后,我完全困惑了。

To avoid confusion, please label your bags clearly.

为避免混淆,请清楚地标记你的包。

高级例句

The study's methodology led to confusion in interpreting the results, requiring further clarification.

该研究的方法论导致在解释结果时出现混淆,需要进一步澄清。

In the business report, the financial data created confusion due to inconsistent formatting across sections.

在商业报告中,由于各部分的格式不一致,财务数据引发了混淆。

The legal document's ambiguous terms have caused widespread confusion among stakeholders.

法律文件中模糊的条款在利益相关者中引起了广泛的困惑。

To mitigate confusion in academic discourse, precise definitions of key terms are essential.

为减轻学术讨论中的混淆,关键术语的精确定义至关重要。

高频搭配

verb

cause confusioncreate confusionavoid confusionclear up confusionlead to confusion

adjective

total confusioncomplete confusionwidespread confusioninitial confusiongeneral confusion

noun

state of confusionmoment of confusionsource of confusionarea of confusionperiod of confusion

adverb

utterly confusedcompletely confusedeasily confusedoften confusedquickly confused

preposition

confusion aboutconfusion overconfusion betweenconfusion amongconfusion in

phrase

in confusionto avoid confusionadd to the confusionthrow into confusionclear the confusion

常见错误

❌ 错误:I have a confusion.
✓ 正确:I am confused.

confusion 是名词,通常不直接用于 'have a confusion' 这种结构;应使用形容词 confused 来描述状态,或说 'there is confusion'。

❌ 错误:This caused confusion to me.
✓ 正确:This caused confusion for me.

cause confusion 后通常接 for someone 或 among a group,而不是 to;例如 'cause confusion for the students' 或 'cause confusion among the staff'。

近义词辨析

chaos

chaos 强调极端的无序和失控状态,通常比 confusion 更严重,指完全缺乏组织或规律;confusion 更侧重于思想或信息上的困惑或混杂。

After the earthquake, there was chaos in the city (极端无序), but initially, there was just confusion about what to do (初步困惑)。

bewilderment

bewilderment 强调因复杂或意外情况而产生的深刻困惑或迷失感,通常带有情感色彩;confusion 更中性,可指逻辑或实际事务上的混淆。

His sudden resignation left everyone in bewilderment (情感上的深刻困惑), while the new software caused confusion in the office (实际事务上的混淆)。