confusion，disorder，disturbance，mess，chaos
这些名词均表示事物的混乱状态。
confusion指东西搅混在一起，凌乱得难以辨认；也可指思想混乱，以致无法进行正常的思维活动。
disorder正式用词，含义广泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混乱；也可指社会中的动乱或骚乱。
disturbance主要指社会中政治性的动乱、骚乱；也可指个人或少数人的闹事。
mess语气强，口语中较常用的非正式用词。指既混乱又肮脏，尤指人思想混乱或外表不整洁。
chaos着重指令人无能为力或感到绝望的混乱状态。突出没有很好的组织。
They believe this confusion is responsible for a rash of suicides this spring.
他们认为今年春天一连串的自杀事件是由这次混乱引起的。
——柯林斯例句
His unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.
他的突然来访使我们完全不知所措.
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His arrival created a terrible confusion.
他的到来引起一场大乱.
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The meeting adjourned in confusion.
会议在混乱中休会.
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His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.
他的人民在混乱不安的泥潭里越陷越深。
——柯林斯例句
Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion.
只有两只野狗从这场混乱中得到了好处.
《用法词典》
Our surprise attack caught the enemy off balance and threw them into confusion.
我们的突然袭击把敌人打了个冷不防,他们顿时乱作一团.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
Collins wants to avoid repetition of the confusion that followed the discovery in 1989 of the cystic fibrosis gene.
科林斯想要避免1989年发现囊肿性纤维化致病基因后的那种混乱局面再次出现。
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In the confusion her departure passed unnoticed.
混乱之中,没有人注意到她走了.
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Confusion betrays the guilty.
慌张显出有罪,神色慌张必有鬼.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
This accident upset our plans and threw us into confusion.
这个意外事件搅乱了我的阵脚.
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His speech flung the meeting into confusion.
他的发言使会场一片混乱.
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Words like " believe " and " receive " are a source of confusion in spelling.
诸如believe和receive这样的词在拼写上容易混淆.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
In the ensuing confusion another eight persons were hurt.
在随后的骚动中,又有八人受伤.
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A small child's confusion in distinguishing the right from the wrong is quite natural.
小孩子不明是非是很正常的.
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His answers to my questions have only added to my confusion.
他对我的问题的回答只是使我更加困惑不解.
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When the government policies are expressed imprecisely, confusion results.
政府政策的措辞含混不清就会产生混乱.
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to be caught in a spider's web of confusion
陷入混乱不堪的局面
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
There was confusion when a man fired shots.
一个男子开了几枪，场面一片混乱。
——柯林斯例句
His mind was a haze of fear and confusion.
由于害怕和困惑，他当时处于一种混沌状态。
——柯林斯例句
Confusion reigned about how the debate would end.
在这一争论如何结束的问题上人们陷入了混乱。
——柯林斯例句
We always left his office in a state of confusion.
我们总是一头雾水地离开他的办公室。
——柯林斯例句
As the story unfolded throughout the past week, I experienced the gamut of emotions: shock, anger, sadness, disgust, confusion.
上周随着故事情节的展开，我的心情可以说是跌宕起伏：从震惊、气愤、悲伤到憎恶与困惑。
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The rebel leader appears to have escaped in the confusion.
叛乱分子首领似乎已乘乱逃脱。
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Behind them was a confusion of noise, perhaps even a shot, but he couldn't swear to it.
他们身后响起一片嘈杂声，也许还有枪击声，但他不能确定。
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Instead, the session has sowed confusion.
相反，这次会议却引发了混乱。
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The border dispute has threatened to throw next week's OPEC meeting in Geneva into confusion.
边境纠纷很可能会使下周将在日内瓦举行的石油输出国组织会议陷入混乱。
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During dinner the confusion was cleared up: they had mistaken me for Kenny.
吃晚饭时疑惑消除了：原来他们把我当成肯尼了。
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There's confusion and resentment, and it's almost never expressed out in the open. Take this office, for example.
有人迷惘，有人憎恨，可是几乎谁也没有公开表达过。就拿这个办公室的人来说吧。
——柯林斯例句
A look of utter confusion swept across his handsome face.
他英俊的脸上掠过一丝大惑不解的神情。
——柯林斯例句
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