nonplus
英 [nɒn'plʌs]
美
- n. 迷惑;困惑
- vt. 使困惑
词态变化
第三人称单数: nonpluses;过去式: nonplussed; nonplused;过去分词: nonplussed; nonplused;现在分词: nonplussing; nonplusing;
英英释意
- 1. be a mystery or bewildering to;
- "This beats me!"
- "Got me--I don't know the answer!"
- "a vexing problem"
- "This question really stuck me"
英文词源
- nonplus
- nonplus: see plural
- nonplus (v.)
- "to bring to a nonplus, to perplex," 1590s, from the noun (1580s), properly "state where 'nothing more' can be done or said," from Latin non plus "no more, no further" (see plus). Related: Nonplussed.
实用场景例句
- The professor is never at a nonplus, and never perplexed by a problem.
- 那位教授从来不会感到困惑,也不会被任何问题所难倒.
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