mystified
past simple and past participle ofmystify
| 单词 | mystified |
| 释义 | mystified past simple and past participle ofmystify mystify verb[Toften passive] uk/ˈmɪs.tɪ.faɪ/us/ˈmɪs.tə.faɪ/toconfusesomeone by being or doing something verystrangeorimpossibletoexplain: I was mystified by herdecision. MostAmericansaretotallymystified by theEnglishgameofcricket. Synonyms baffle bemuse bewilder flummoxinformal perplex puzzle Opposite demystify Puzzle and confuse
Examplesofmystifiedmystified In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Romanticism's notion of originality, in my view,mystifiedthe notion of fame by substituting a cultural criterion for the economic one. From theCambridge English Corpus Continued reference to customary law kept the agents of the statemystifiedabout and marginal to important affairs of the region and community. From theCambridge English Corpus In effect, the research process could not bemystifiedand my performance as a researcher was transparent. From theCambridge English Corpus The plaintiff seemed quitemystifiedby this remark. From theCambridge English Corpus But before you get it, you can be quitemystifiedas to what is going on. From theCambridge English Corpus She then dramatically revealed that the clothing appeared complete and uncut; so that the seance-goers weremystifiedas to how the pieces she distributed had been produced. From theCambridge English Corpus Empathy has longmystifiedsocial theorists, resisting simple description and explanation. From theCambridge English Corpus He ismystifiedintentionally, now presented with illusion for reality, now reality for illusion, jolted from one to the other until in complete befuddlement he is sure of nothing. From theCambridge English Corpus Scientific fraud of course occurs, but when it does, colleagues are genuinely saddened, andmystifiedabout how the fraudsters thought they could get away with it. From theCambridge English Corpus They would find the whole of the middle vote solidly behind them, for those people are alarmed andmystified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The locals have beenmystifiedbecause the colonels have disappeared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I ammystifiedas to why ideology-crazed feminists come out of the woodwork during almost every debate we hold. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The ordinary person is completelymystifiedabout that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But all those parties will bemystifiedat the idea that handing hospitals over to mutual social ownership is abandoning leftist principles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have always beenmystifiedby the processes of the magistrates courts committee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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