1680s, from be- "thoroughly" + archaic wilder "lead astray, lure into the wilds," probably a back-formation of wilderness. An earlier word with the same sense was bewhape (early 14c.). Related: Bewildered; bewildering; bewilderingly.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Again and again passages in his essays exasperate or bewilder.
他的文章里使人忿然或困惑的章節(jié)屢見不鮮.
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2. So many questions bewilder me.
這樣多的問題使我困惑.
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3. The letter would only bewilder the mother.
這信只會(huì)使媽媽惶惑不解.
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4. I wish to dazzle - to bewilder - to inflame her senses.