baffled
past simple and past participle ofbaffle
| 单词 | baffled |
| 释义 | baffled past simple and past participle ofbaffle baffle verb[T] uk/ˈbæf.əl/us/ˈbæf.əl/tocausesomeone to becompletelyunabletounderstandorexplainsomething: She wascompletelybaffledbyhisstrangebehaviour. Synonym flummoxinformal Puzzle and confuse
Examplesofbaffledbaffled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The six puzzles examined could actually be suggested as the beginning of a long list of social and economic performance indicators that havebaffledscholars. From theCambridge English Corpus The evening concluded with an excellent illusion act that had most, if not all of the audience,baffled. From theCambridge English Corpus These fading memoriesbaffledthe rare scholars who sought for some memory of that regime. From theCambridge English Corpus The contrast between the two letters left mebaffled. From theCambridge English Corpus I confess myselfbaffledby this sentence (if that is what it is). From theCambridge English Corpus It is entirely of a piece with this perspective that such writers are somewhatbaffledby the processes that they label 'stereotyping'. From theCambridge English Corpus Many commentators werebaffledby the implausibility and complexity of the stories; others deemed the music without melody and imagination and the orchestra noisy. From theCambridge English Corpus This reader isbaffledby what a comedy of the commons would be. From theCambridge English Corpus The commissioners on uniform state laws were among thosebaffled. From theCambridge English Corpus The seemingly inconsistent placement of thebaffledentries on ceremonial platforms suggests an almost inflated investment in potent symbolic imagery. From theCambridge English Corpus For instance, how far did psychiatrists priding themselves on ' modern, scientific ' approaches find themselvesbaffledby religious fervour in general? From theCambridge English Corpus Although in vigorous health, the king abruptly slipped into a sequence of fits thatbaffledthe court doctors. From theCambridge English Corpus This apparent digression into the proprieties of dining is likely to seem as irrelevant to the reader as it does to the tale'sbaffledprotagonist. From theCambridge English Corpus Again the outsider would bebaffled. From theCambridge English Corpus Montaigne declared himselfbaffledby the difficulty of getting agreement on it. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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