Lesson 3词语点击

puzzle "使迷惑"

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阅读下列句子，注意puzzle的意思和用法。

1. What puzzles me is why they didn't show up.

2. Her decision was a puzzle to him.

【用法归纳】

puzzle vt. 使迷惑 n. 难题, 谜

【拓展】

puzzled adj. 感到迷惑的 puzzling adj. 令人费解的

【温馨提示】

puzzle和confuse的区别：puzzle着重指"使人难于理解"；confuse指"因混淆而产生迷乱"。

试比较：

The question puzzled me.

这个问题把我难住了。

You confused Australia with Austria.

你把澳大利亚和奥地利搞混了。

【即学即练】 翻译下列句子。

1. 使我困惑的是为什么他的歌那么受欢迎。

2. 有许多令人费解的问题还没得到回答。

3. 警察正在设法解决信是谁送来的这个难题。

Key:

1. What puzzles me is why his songs are so popular.

2. There are a number of puzzling questions that haven't been answered.

3. The police are trying to solve the puzzle of who sent them the letter.

contain "包含"

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