| 单词 | nonplussed |
| 例句 | nonplussed verb 1.•Nick was nonplussed by the suggestion that he'd acted unkindly:surprised, stunned, dumbfounded, confounded, taken aback, disconcerted, thrown, thrown off balance | puzzled, perplexed, mystified, baffled, bemused, bewildered | informal fazed, flummoxed, stumped, bamboozled, discombobulated. 2.•Tex remained nonplussed throughout the scandal:unperturbed, unruffled, unfazed, composed.USAGE nonplussed In standard use, nonplussed means ‘surprised and confused’: •the hostility of the new neighbor's refusal left Mrs. Walker nonplussed. In American English, a new use has developed in recent years, meaning ‘unperturbed’—more or less the opposite of its traditional meaning: •hoping to disguise his confusion, he tried to appear nonplussed. This new use probably arose on the assumption that non- was the normal negative prefix and must therefore have a negative meaning. Although the use is common, it is not yet considered standard. Note that the correct spelling is nonplussed, not nonplused.Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage. |
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