confusion
英 [kən'fjuːʒ(ə)n]
美[kən'fjʊʒən]
- n. 混淆，混乱；困惑
英英释意
- 1. disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably;
- "the army retreated in confusion"
- 2. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior;
- "a confusion of impressions"
- 3. a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
- 4. an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended;
- "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
- 5. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another;
- "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"