1680s, from be- "thoroughly" + archaic wilder "lead astray, lure into the wilds," probably a back-formation of wilderness. An earlier word with the same sense was bewhape (early 14c.). Related: Bewildered; bewildering; bewilderingly.
双语例句
1. Again and again passages in his essays exasperate or bewilder.
他的文章里使人忿然或困惑的章节屡见不鲜.
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2. So many questions bewilder me.
这样多的问题使我困惑.
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3. The letter would only bewilder the mother.
这信只会使妈妈惶惑不解.
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4. I wish to dazzle - to bewilder - to inflame her senses.
