bafflement
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbæf.əl.mənt/ us/ˈbæf.əl.mənt/
困惑,费解
the condition of being completely unable to understand or explain something
Several companies expressed bafflement at sudden scrutiny by the government. 几家公司对政府的突然审查表示困惑不解。
Many people prefer to live in the suburbs, to the bafflement of confirmed city dwellers. 许多人更喜欢住在郊区,这让习惯住在城市的居民感到费解。
See: baffle
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- He shook his head in bafflement.
- The Bill Murray character in the film spends much of his time in Tokyo gazing in bafflement at the city through the windows of a skyscraper.
- Lawmakers applauded the president for signing the measure, but some expressed bafflement.
- I confess the show left me scratching my head in total bafflement.