Baffle

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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    使受挫折,阻撓

                      He tried hard to baffle our plan.

                      他力圖阻撓我們的計劃。

          2.    使困惑,難住

                      The unexpected news baffled us.

                      這意想不到的消息把我們給難住了。

          3.    阻礙,阻擋

          4.    用擋板(或反射板)控制;為...裝擋板(或反射板)



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    做徒勞掙扎

                      The ship baffled against high winds and finally sank.

                      船在大風中掙扎,最後沈沒。



n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    困惑;障礙

          2.    擋板;隔板;緩衝板

          3.    (揚聲器的)反射板





　

Begging Bond to spare his life, Ernst Blofeld baffles viewers with the cryptic line "I'll buy you a delicatessen, in stainless steel!" It is reported that the phrase is attributable to Albert R. Broccoli, who recalled accounts of 1930s New York mafia gangsters offering full-service delis as a bribe to cohorts, complete with stainless steel countertops.



 

Then again, even McGregor spends most of his time looking understandably baffled and boyish, without undergoing the sort of rising-to-the-challenge arc that would make his Everyman character genuinely interesting opposite Jackman's menacing rogue.

 



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