confuse
verb [ T ] uk/kənˈfjuːz/ us/kənˈfjuːz/
B2 使困惑，使糊涂;使混乱
to mix up someone's mind or ideas, or to make something difficult to understand
You're confusing him! Tell him slowly and one thing at a time. 你把他搞糊涂了！慢慢跟他讲，一次说一件事。
Stop confusing the issue (= making the problem unnecessarily difficult)! 别再把事情越搞越乱！
B2 将…混同，将…混淆
to mix up two separate things or people in your mind, imagining that they are one
You're confusing me with my sister - she's the singer. 你把我当成我姐姐了——她才是歌手。
It's easy to confuse his films, because he tends to use the same actors. 他的影片很容易混淆，因为他老是用相同的演员。
- More examples
- I think you're confusing him with someone else.
- If you give them too much detail, you'll just confuse them.
- We were confused by the fact that the signs pointed in opposite directions.
- Stop confusing me with all those figures!
- The instructions are designed to confuse people.