befuddle
英 [bɪ'fʌd(ə)l]
美 [bɪ'fʌdl]
英語の語源
- befuddle (v.)
- "confuse," 1873, from be- + fuddle; originally "to confuse with strong drink or opium" (by 1832). An earlier word in the same sense was begunk (1725). Related: Befuddled; befuddling.
例文
- 1. This is clearly designed to befuddle the public.
- これは明らかに世論をごまかすためである。
- 2.Don 't befuddle me with all those masses of detail.
- 雑用で私を迷わせないで。
- 3.He also fabricates sensational lies to befudddle world opinion.
- 彼もセンセーショナルな嘘をでっち上げて世界世論をだました。
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