Confusion

(noun.) a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; 'he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw'.

(noun.) an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; 'the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel'.

(noun.) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; 'a confusion of impressions'.

(noun.) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused.

(noun.) disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; 'the army retreated in confusion'.

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• My heart turns faint, my mind sinks in darkness and confusion when I think of it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• And really, after a day or two of confusion worse confounded, it was delightful by degrees to invoke order from the chaos ourselves had made. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• To complete her confusion, she saw Belle nudge Annie, and both glance from her to Laurie, who, she was happy to see, looked unusually boyish and shy. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Early says in his Memoirs that if we had discovered the confusion in his lines we might have brought fresh troops to his great discomfort. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I never saw such faltering, such confusion, such amazement and apprehension. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But in the height of the confusion, a mounted man galloped away to order the relays, and our horses were put to with great speed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The shots from our little gun dropped in upon the enemy and created great confusion. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We heard the firing and confusion very plainly here; we none of us slept. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Why no,--I think--you had better--better say nothing about it, said Sophia, with ill-disguised anxiety and evident confusion. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• They had gone, in shortand very great had been the evident distress and confusion of the lady. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Poor bewildered statesmen, unused to any notion of change, have seen the national life grow to a monstrous confusion and sprout monstrous evils by the way. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• There are such lots of horrors this morning, she added, clearing a space in the centre of the confusion and rising to yield her seat to Miss Bart. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He saw the grotesque, and a curious sort of mechanical motion intoxicated him, a confusion in nature. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The clamor and confusion of the battle drew Miss Ophelia and St. Clare both to the spot. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• So they fell into the confusion of making immediate and detailed proposals that have nothing to do with the attainment of their ideal. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We cannot tell what seeds of the future may not be germinating already amidst our present confusions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The infinite confusions and disorder, which it has caused in the world, diminish much of its merit in their eyes. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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