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发音：[pərˈpleks]
例句：
- The word “perplex” is a verb in the English language, commonly used in academic and intellectual discussions. Its primary meaning is to cause someone to feel confused, baffled, or puzzled. When someone is perplexed, they experience a state of uncertainty or inability to understand something.
- At the beginning of the year, fans of Harry Styles found themselves perplexed when they discovered that a YouTuber, George Mason, had created a “covert” TikTok account posing as the famous artist.
- One of the most perplexing aspects is that Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, also manages Square, a leading fintech company renowned for developing a series of successful products and revolutionizing multiple industries.
- The team faced challenges prior to any injuries, which was perplexing considering their earlier successes against highly ranked teams such as Iowa, Ohio State, and Michigan, all of whom were in the top seven in the latest Associated Press poll.
- One of the most perplexing alterations is the increased difficulty in using the iPhone X with just one hand, especially since vital parts of iOS 11 are now less accessible, requiring swipes from the high corners of the screen.
- These critical considerations regarding the concept of agency, defined as purposeful action, have perplexed numerous eminent historical figures, such as Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Erwin Schrödinger, and Niels Bohr.
解释：
- Perplex这个单词做动词使用，其表示“to make something complex or difficult, or to throw into a state of mental uncertainty”，即“迷惑/使困惑/使费解”这一含义，与confuse/puzzle/complicate/baffle这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- Many are perplexed by the trend of spending large sums on digital items, which are inherently intangible and can be freely viewed by anyone.（许多人对在数字项目上花费大量资金的趋势感到困惑，因为这些数字项目本质上是无形的，任何人都可以自由查看。）
–Technology - Published on Thursday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, this discovery is set to assist astronomers in solving a particularly perplexing question: the formation mechanisms of planets and their moons.（这一发现于周四发表在《天体物理学杂志快报》上，旨在帮助天文学家解决一个特别令人困惑的问题：行星及其卫星的形成机制。）
–Science - The company’s practice of offering limited financial disclosures at the product level has increasingly perplexed investors, who are trying to understand how various factors, including regulatory scrutiny, advertiser boycotts, and global trade tensions, are truly influencing its operations.（该公司在产品层面提供有限财务披露的做法越来越让投资者感到困惑，因为这些投资者正试图了解各种因素，包括监管审查、广告商抵制和全球贸易紧张局势，如何真正影响其运营。）
–Business - Shakespeare scholars frequently find themselves perplexed by this later tragedy, which was written after Shakespeare’s intense period of creativity that yielded masterpieces such as “King Lear,” “Macbeth,” and “Antony and Cleopatra.”（莎士比亚学者经常发现自己对这部后来的悲剧感到困惑，这部悲剧是在莎士比亚创作的激烈时期之后写成的，产生了《李尔王》、《麦克白》和《安东尼与克利奥帕特拉》等杰作。）
–Art and Culture - The perplexing state of soccer, already highlighted by the national team’s failure to reach the World Cup, was further compounded when Jonathan Gonzalez, born and raised in the United States, announced on Tuesday his commitment to represent Mexico in international contests.（足球的复杂局面已经由国家队无法进入世界杯凸显出来，而这一局面在美国出生并长大的乔纳森·冈萨雷斯于周二宣布他将代表墨西哥参加国际比赛时变得更加复杂。）
–Sports
