英 [kənˈfjuːʒn] 美 [kənˈfjuːʒ(ə)n]
n. 困惑，不明确；混淆，混同；慌乱，窘迫；混乱局面，乱成一团
复数confusions
confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/ CET4 TEM4
有变体名词 If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things. 不明朗
There's still confusion about the number of students.
学生的人数依然不清楚。
不可数名词 Confusion is a situation in which everything is in disorder, especially because there are lots of things happening at the same time. 混乱
There was confusion when a man fired shots.
一名男子开了枪，出现了混乱。
→see alsoconfuse
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
the army retreated in confusion
a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
a confusion of impressions
同义词： mental confusion / confusedness / muddiness / disarray
a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
同义词： discombobulation
an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw
同义词： mix-up
混淆-引用次数：284
The third part mainly discourses the basic judging fundamental the concrete judging factors based on expounding the definition of likelihood of confusion.
第三部分在对混淆可能性的涵义进行阐述的基础上,主要论述混淆可能性的基本判定原则和具体判定要素。
困惑-引用次数：131
II. The history of succession of law and confusion of succession about the concept of personality in our country.
第二部分:人格概念在我国的继受历史及继受困惑。
参考来源人格概念的私法研究（研究生论文）
误区-引用次数：3
Mainly researched on condition, principle, pattern, confusion of implementing BPR, and put forward material strategy.
主要研究了我国企业实施BPR的条件，实施的原则、模式、误区，进而提出了实施的具体策略。
困惑-引用次数：145
The passivity and futile rebellion of the self plunge people into inevitable confusion and alienation.
自我的消极被动和无效抗争难免使得个人落入困惑、分裂和异化中。
参考来源压抑的自我，异化的人生
迷惘-引用次数：14
His works express the feelings of the whole generation: hatred of war, fear of death, confusion and no choice of life.
海明威作为“迷惘一代”的代言人，他的主要作品展现了一代人的情绪：对战争的憎恶、对死亡的恐惧、对人生的迷惘、对生活的无奈。
置乱-引用次数：19
The encryption process consists of the confusion of the image pixels’ values and the permutation of the pixels’ positions, which enhances the ability of resisting a broken attack.
该方法通过图像像素值的扰乱和像素位置的置乱来实现加密过程,其中像素位置置乱增强了系统抗破损攻击的能力。
参考来源基于混沌的图像加密方法研究
混惑-引用次数：5
My work is practical application modeling, properties research and WF-net confusion detection based on basic Petri net.
本人的工作是基于一般Petri网的实际应用建模、性质以及工作流网的混惑检测。
混淆
混乱-引用次数：23
The one-way property, diffusion and confusion capability as well as collision resistance of the algorithm are studied by simulation.
通过仿真对该算法的单向性、混乱与扩散、碰撞等性能进行分析。
混乱性
混乱（Confusion）：被多个敌人围攻时使用这个咒文，可以在敌人中制造出叛徒，说不定就能乘乱逃跑了。
混淆(confusion)是外界不同物体的影像落在两眼视网膜对应点上的结果。由于眼位偏斜以后，双眼黄斑这一对主要对应点的视觉方向，各自分离，不再投...
... confuse v.使混乱，混淆，弄错；使慌乱，使糊涂；干扰，扰乱；使窘破迫 confusion n.骚乱，混乱；混淆，辨别不清 congratulate v.祝贺 ...
...啫睡(somnolence):?持续睡眠状态,可被声音、疼痛或光照唤醒,醒后能回答问题,但反应迟钝、刺激去除又再入睡。?意识模糊(confusion):?病人对时间、地点、人物定向能力障碍,思维混乱,语言无连贯性,应答错误,有错觉、幻觉、兴奋躁动、精神错乱、谵语。
confusedly 混乱地；受困惑地；慌乱地
confusedness 混乱，慌乱
confuse 使混乱；使困惑
混淆，混乱；困惑
chaos / disorder / involvement / mix / turmoil
Mandy's predominant emotion was confusion.
曼迪的主导情绪是困惑。
There followed a long period of confusion and muddle.
接下来是很长一段时间的困惑和混乱。
The announcement only succeeded in creating confusion.
那通告反而引起了混乱。
The disease causes sleep disorders, mental confusion,personality changes, speech problems,seizures and coma.
VOA : special.2010.01.04
Now, I think there's a deliberate confusion here about these lines because their precise historical significance isn't what's most significant.
这里有一个刻意而为的困惑,是关于这些句子中严谨的历史意义的,而不是关于什么是最重要的。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
and in fact in art and in religion, if I don't recognize my pain and confusion and suffering, it is not, in my words, self-vific.
事实上，在艺术和宗教中，如果我不面对我的痛苦，疑惑和苦难，那么艺术就不是，用我的话讲，有现实意义的。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
A fight followed and a confusion of sounds impossible to describe.
VOA : special.2011.02.26
He found his wife sick with fever and confusion.
VOA : special.2009.10.31
Still, the mostly Republican-backed solution has been a source of contention and confusion in the Senate.
But there was definitely some confusion about, as Mariko said, net worth versus self worth.
Some experts in the Catholic canon law expressed confusion about the practical effects of the Pope's announcement.
CNN: Pope: All priests can forgive those who've had abortions