confusion

confusion /kən'fju:ʤn/
  • danh từ
    • sự lộn xôn, sự hỗn độn, sự rối loạn, sự hỗn loạn
      • everything was in confusion: tất cả đều lộn xộn hỗn loạn
      • to throw the enemy into confusion: làm cho quân địch rối loạn
    • sự mơ hồ, sự mập mờ, sự rối rắm (ý nghĩa)
    • sự lẫn lộn, sự nhầm lẫn
      • confusion of something with another: sự nhầm lẫn cái gì với cái khác
    • sự bối rối, sự ngượng ngập, sự xấu hổ
      • to make confusion more confounded: đã bối rối lại làm cho bối rối hơn, đã ngượng lại làm cho xấu hổ thêm
    • nhuộng confusion!) chết tiệt!, chết toi!
    • confusion worse confounded
      • tình trạng đã hỗn loạn lại càng hỗn loạn hơn
    • to drink confusion to somebody
      • vừa uống rượu vừa chửi đổng ai

 rối loạn

circle of least confusion
 vùng nhòe ít nhất
confusion cone
 nón nhòe
effective confusion area
 vùng hỗn loạn hiệu quả
electronic confusion area
 vùng nhầm điện tử (ở rađa)

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): confusion, confuse, confused, confusing, confusingly


Xem thêm: mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray, discombobulation, mix-up



confusion

Từ điển Collocation

confusion noun

ADJ. complete, total, utter | considerable, great | slight | general, widespread | administrative | mental

VERB + CONFUSION cause, create, lead to, result in | add to This latest decision has only added to the general confusion. | clear up | plunge sb/sth into, throw sb/sth into The local council has been thrown into total confusion by her resignation.

CONFUSION + VERB arise, reign Confusion reigned when the two managers gave conflicting instructions. | surround sth The government needs to clear up the confusion surrounding its policy on water.

PREP. in (the) ~ She stared at them both in utter confusion. In the confusion that followed, she managed to slip away unnoticed. | ~ about/over There is widespread confusion about the government's transport policy. | ~ among The announcement caused a lot of confusion among the students. | ~ as to confusion as to the whereabouts of the man | ~ between confusion between letters of the alphabet | ~ with the confusion of this book with her last one

PHRASES a scene/state of confusion, to avoid confusion To avoid confusion, label each box clearly.


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • 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; mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray

    a confusion of impressions

  • a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused; 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; mix-up

    he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

confusions
ant.: order system