mystify
mystify
(-ies, -ied)
mystification
noun
mystifier
noun
mystifyingly
adverb
语源
(-ies, -ied)
- [with obj.]utterly bewilder or perplex (someone)
使（人）困惑不解
I was completely mystified by his disappearance.
他的消失让我困惑不已。
[as adj. mystifying]a mystifying phenomenon.
一种让人困惑的现象。
■(dated)take advantage of the credulity of; hoax
(旧)欺骗；蒙蔽
he took a childlike delight in mystifying his officials.
他蒙骗长官后有种孩子般的快乐。
■make obscure or mysterious
使神秘化；使不可理解
lawyers who mystify the legal system so that laymen find it unintelligible.
把法律体制神秘化，让普通人感觉难以理解的律师。
mystification
noun
mystifier
noun
mystifyingly
adverb
语源
- early 19th cent.: from French mystifier, formed irregularly from mystique 'mystic' or from mystère 'mystery'
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