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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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