puzzling
- v.使困惑;迷惑
- adj.使为难的；费解的；莫名其妙的
- puzzle的现在分词
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VERB 使迷惑；使困惑
If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused.My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety.
我妹妹总让我捉摸不透，弄得我焦虑不安。
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His letter poses a number of puzzling questions.
他的信中提出了许多令人困惑的问题。
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VERB 对…苦苦思索；因…大伤脑筋
If you puzzle over something, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it.In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.
在排演莎士比亚的戏剧时，其中诗句和散文的复杂让我大伤脑筋。
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N-COUNT 难题；智力问题（或游戏、玩具）；谜
A puzzle is a question, game, or toy which you have to think about carefully in order to answer it correctly or put it together properly....a word puzzle.
字谜
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N-SING 令人费解的人；令人困惑的事物
You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand as a puzzle .Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists...
“旅行者二号”发回的数据给天文学家们提出了一个难题：离我们最远的那颗行星为什么会存在。
adj
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- lacking clarity of meaning;causing confusion or perplexity
- sent confusing signals to Iraq
- perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it
- a puzzling statement
- Synonym: confusing perplexing
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- not clear to the understanding
- I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later
- prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries
- Synonym: enigmatic enigmatical
数据来源：WordNet
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The relation between currency and capital has been a puzzling problem .
货币与资本的关系一直是个令人迷惑的问题。
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God is indeed a puzzling figure in her work .
上帝在她的作品里的确是个使人迷惑的人物。
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He was trying to puzzle out why he had been brought to the house .
他想弄明白自己为何被带到这所房子。
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We fitted together the pieces of the puzzle .
我们把拼图玩具的各部分拼合在了一起。
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He left for his summer cottage to puzzle out what he might try next
他动身到他的避暑别墅去想清楚他下一步应该做什么。
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This whole business is very puzzling .
这件事从头到尾都很让人费解。
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If you pin people down , they will tell you some puzzling things about stress .
如果非让他们说的话，人们会告诉你一些有关压力的令人费解的事情。
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Critics and the public puzzle out the layers of meaning in his photos .
评论界和公众揭开了他照片中的重重深意。
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His very last paintings are perhaps the most puzzling
他去世前的最后一批画作也许是最让人困惑的。
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A rather neat option allows you to design your own fiendish puzzle .
只要干净利落地做一个选择，你就能自己设计出难以解开的谜题。
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The risks can be so complex that banks hire mathematicians to puzzle them out .
由于风险过高，银行便聘请数学家来解决这些问题。
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This whole business is very puzzling . There is a lot more to it than meets the eye .
整件事非常令人费解，远比看起来复杂。
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Stretch your brain with this puzzle .
用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。
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This process is akin to piecing together a jigsaw puzzle
这个过程和拼图相似。
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Her mother sighed and rubbed out another mistake in the crossword puzzle .
她的母亲叹了口气，擦去了纵横填字游戏里另一个填错的地方。
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Geneticists in Canada have discovered a clue to the puzzle of why our cells get old and die
加拿大的遗传学家已经发现了解开细胞衰老、死亡之谜的线索。
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Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists
“旅行者二号”发回的数据给天文学家们提出了一个难题：离我们最远的那颗行星为什么会存在。
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He sits puzzling over ancient Hebrew texts .
他坐在那里对着古老的希伯来文本大伤脑筋。
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The puzzle niggled away in Arnold 's mind .
这个谜团在阿诺德脑海里挥之不去。
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Gautier 's solution to the puzzle is ingenious .
戈蒂埃破解这道难题的方法很巧妙。
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She was a puzzle .
她是个谜。
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In rehearsing Shakespeare , I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose .
在排演莎士比亚的戏剧时，其中诗句和散文的复杂让我大伤脑筋。
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I don 't know the key to the puzzle .
我不知道这个谜语的谜底。
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You lose a point if you can 't complete the puzzle on time .
如果你不能准时完成字谜就扣1分。
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At last she found a clue to the puzzle .
最后她找到了解开那个谜的头绪。
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That question continues to puzzle scientists .
那个问题继续困扰着科学家们。
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You needn 't puzzle over every single word or phrase in the book .
这本书用不着一字一句地抠。
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I have in mind some doubts which really puzzle me .
我心中有一个疑团，百思不得其解。
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It 's good for students to puzzle things out for themselves .
让学生们自己思索解决难题很有好处。
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It took him only ten minutes to solve the puzzle .
他解这道题仅仅用了十分钟。