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词汇 baffling
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Definition of baffling in English:

baffling

adjectiveˈbaf(ə)lɪŋˈbæf(ə)lɪŋ
  • Impossible to understand; perplexing.

    the crime is a baffling mystery for the police
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tax system was described as "arbitrary" and the relationship between estate annual values and resources appeared somewhat baffling.
    • Occasionally, however, the movie connection is just baffling.
    • An equally baffling fire broke out last week in Fayetteville, Missouri.
    • It is baffling why the Department of Defense has made this ruling.
    • How a state could enforce such mind-bogglingly stupid policies is baffling.
    • There is a baffling array of ISA funds out there, offered by a vast number of investment companies.
    • The hitherto baffling puzzles can now be solved.
    • His management style, his beliefs, are a baffling blend that defies categorization.
    • Make no mistake: the world of investment is vast and baffling.
    • Why he would go to such extraordinary lengths is baffling.
    • There is nothing baffling about its language at all.
    • The decision to go on with the game was baffling.
    • All I did was introduce myself, and she paid me what seemed at first like a baffling compliment.
    • At first glance, this state of affairs is baffling.
    • Talking to someone who doesn't give you her full attention is rather baffling.
    • The theater was designed without either front hanging points (for lights and sound equipment) or built-in ceiling lights, which is baffling.
    • This may explain something of the bond which was otherwise baffling to their acquaintances.
    • Indeed what is baffling is that they don't share the same level of success overseas.
    • The referee whistles for a goal-kick, which is rather baffling.
    • The most baffling aspect of the season has been the collapse of the defense.
    Synonyms
    puzzling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying, bemusing, confusing, unclear, difficult to understand, hard to understand, beyond one, above one's head

Derivatives

  • bafflingly

  • adverb
    • as submodifier his team selection has been bafflingly erratic
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The identity and motive of Alexander's would-be killer prove predictable and irrelevant, while the vague supernatural undertones of the flashbacks are bafflingly silly, introduced abruptly and forgotten just as quickly.
      • The political specifics of his plots can seem bafflingly complex.
      • Somewhat bafflingly, no alternate subtitles are included on this disc.
      • Australia, bafflingly, has seriously trailed the United States in its use of air conditioning (particularly in people's homes) but we do seem to be finally getting there.
      • This is where science & technology take over - except, curiously enough, researchers are yet to fully grasp the physics of swing bowling, just as they have failed, equally bafflingly, to find a cure for common cold.
      • Some of the tunes are bafflingly uncategorisable.

Definition of baffling in US English:

baffling

adjectiveˈbaf(ə)liNGˈbæf(ə)lɪŋ
  • Impossible to understand; perplexing.

    the crime is a baffling mystery for the police
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The referee whistles for a goal-kick, which is rather baffling.
    • Make no mistake: the world of investment is vast and baffling.
    • The theater was designed without either front hanging points (for lights and sound equipment) or built-in ceiling lights, which is baffling.
    • There is nothing baffling about its language at all.
    • All I did was introduce myself, and she paid me what seemed at first like a baffling compliment.
    • This may explain something of the bond which was otherwise baffling to their acquaintances.
    • An equally baffling fire broke out last week in Fayetteville, Missouri.
    • How a state could enforce such mind-bogglingly stupid policies is baffling.
    • The most baffling aspect of the season has been the collapse of the defense.
    • Why he would go to such extraordinary lengths is baffling.
    • Talking to someone who doesn't give you her full attention is rather baffling.
    • At first glance, this state of affairs is baffling.
    • It is baffling why the Department of Defense has made this ruling.
    • The decision to go on with the game was baffling.
    • The tax system was described as "arbitrary" and the relationship between estate annual values and resources appeared somewhat baffling.
    • His management style, his beliefs, are a baffling blend that defies categorization.
    • There is a baffling array of ISA funds out there, offered by a vast number of investment companies.
    • Occasionally, however, the movie connection is just baffling.
    • The hitherto baffling puzzles can now be solved.
    • Indeed what is baffling is that they don't share the same level of success overseas.
    Synonyms
    puzzling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying, bemusing, confusing, unclear, difficult to understand, hard to understand, beyond one, above one's head
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