per·plex /pɝˈplɛks/
 (vt.)使困惑,使複雜化,使為難


 Per·plex v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perplexed p. pr. & vb. n. Perplexing.]
 1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.
    No artful wildness to perplex the scene.   --Pope.
    What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.   --Locke.
 2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. “Perplexd beyond self-explication.”
    We are perplexed, but not in despair.   --2 Cor. iv. 8.
    We can distinguish no general truths, or at least shall be apt to perplex the mind.   --Locke.
 3. To plague; to vex; to torment.
 Syn: -- To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle; bewilder; confuse; distract. See Embarrass.


 Per·plex, a.  Intricate; difficult. [Obs.]

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 perplex
      v 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" [syn: vex, stick, get, puzzle,
            mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox,
            stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
      2: make more complicated; "There was a new development that
         complicated the matter" [syn: complicate] [ant: simplify]