flummox

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Ambivalent teams and individuals that are unable to make or hold to decisions can flummox discussions as easily as stubbornness can.
充滿矛盾的、不能做出決定或不能堅(jiān)持決定的團(tuán)體和個(gè)人，如同頑固者一樣很容易使談判陷入僵局。
These patterns flummox researchers and, according to Wilson, they will continue to remain mysterious until we look at culture for an answer.
這些問題讓擅下斷語的研究人員大感窘迫，而據(jù)威爾遜之言，只有當(dāng)我們在文化中尋求答案時(shí)他們才不再神秘。
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No store would risk confusing its customers by changing its layout daily simply to flummox Jango.
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He kept the party quiet during four months of student demonstrations against rises in tuition fees in Quebec—a silence that seemed to flummox the Conservative attack machine.
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And the other effect she's had is to flummox the famously unflappable Obama campaign, who has been unsure of how to deal with her and has tried a whole bunch of different approaches - some of them have been more successful than others.
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If someone is flummoxed by something, they are confused by it and do not know what to do or say.
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