puzzling

1. V-T If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused. 使…迷惑不解

My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety. 我的妹妹常會(huì)讓我不解，使我焦慮。

2. puzzlingADJ 令人迷惑不解的

His letter poses a number of puzzling questions. 他的信中提出了幾個(gè)令人迷惑不解的問題。

3. V-I If you puzzle over something, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it. 對(duì)…苦苦思索

In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose. 排縯莎士比亞戯劇時(shí)，我苦苦地思索著他詩歌和散文中的複襍難懂之処。

4. N-COUNT A puzzle is a question, game, or toy that you have to think about carefully in order to answer it correctly or put it together properly. 智力問題 (或遊戯、玩具)[oft supp N]

...a word puzzle. …一條字謎。

5. →see also crossword , jigsaw

6. N-SING You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand as a puzzle. 謎一樣的人或事物['a' N]

The rise in accidents remains a puzzle. 事故的增多仍是個(gè)謎。