confusion
英 [kən'fjuːʒ(ə)n]
美 [kən'fjʊʒən]
英語の語源
- confusion (n.)
- late 13c., "overthrow, ruin," from Old French confusion (11c.) "disorder, confusion, shame," from Latin confusionem (nominative confusio) "a mingling, mixing, blending; confusion, disorder," noun of action from confundere "to pour together," also "to confuse" (see confound). Sense of "a putting to shame" (a sort of mental "overthrow") is late 14c. in English, while that of "mental perplexity" is from 1590s.
例文
- 1. His mind was a haze of fear and confusion .
- 恐怖と困惑のため、彼は当時混沌とした状態だった。
- 2.Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion .
- 混同しないように、異なる色のフェルトヘッドペンでスケッチを描く。
- 3.His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion .
- 彼の人民は混乱と不安の泥沼の中でますます深くなっている。
- 4.This served to hide the confusion and imprecision in their thinking.
- これは彼らの思想の混乱と不正確さを隠すために使われている。
- 5.We always left his office in a state of confusion .
- 私たちはいつも霧のように彼のオフィスを離れています。