nonplus

英 [nɒn'plʌs] 美
  • n. 迷惑;困惑
  • vt. 使困惑

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.

双语例句


1. 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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