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(1) puzzle vt. 使迷惑,使困惑 the woman’s illness puzzled the doctor, and he couldn’t find the cause. 那婦女的病使那醫生很困惑，他就是找不到病因。 the teacher was puzzled by the student’s question. 老師被這個學生的問題難住了。 (2) puzzle n. n. 難題,難解之事,謎 we are trying to work out a puzzle. 我們正設法解出一個難題。 (3) puzzled adj. 困惑的,茫然的 ； puzzling adj. 令人困惑的,莫名其妙的 a puzzled mother 一位困惑的母親；a puzzling case 一件令人困惑的案件 i’m puzzled about what to do next. 我很迷茫下一步該干什么。 he couldn’t sleep well as he was thinking about the puzzling problem. 他睡不好，因為他一直在思考著那個令人困惑的問題。 she listened with a puzzled expression on her face. 她臉上帶著困惑的表情在傾聽著。 (4) 注意：在英語中，動詞的現在分詞或過去分詞可用作形容詞。當用來表示人的情緒狀態或感覺時，常用過去分詞形式的形容詞，這些詞常用來修飾人或look, expression, voice, face 等名詞。當表示事物的特征或屬性時，常用現在分詞形式的形容詞。如： frighten vt. 使驚嚇； frightened adj. 感到害怕的； frightening adj. 令人害怕的 disappoint vt.使失望； disappointed adj. 感到失望的； disappointing adj. 令人失望的 surprise vt. 使驚奇； surprised adj. 感到驚訝的； surprising adj. 令人驚訝的 excite vt. 使興奮 excited adj. 感到興奮的，激動的 exciting adj. 令人激動的 5. convincing (1) convincing adj. 使人信服的,有力的,令人心悅誠服的 convincing evidence 令人信服的證據； convincing arguments 令人信服的論據 no one has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaurs died out. 尚未有人能對恐龍的滅絕作出一個令人信服的解釋。 (2) convinced adj. 相信的，被說服的 i'm quite convinced. 我很相信（這件事）。 (3) convince vt. 使……相信，說服 convince sb. of sth使某人相信某事；sb. be convinced of...某人相信某事 convince sb. that使某人相信某事； convince sb. to do sth. 說服某人做某事 i am convinced of her innocence. 我相信他的清白。 i have been trying to convince him to see a doctor. 我一直在努力說服他去看醫生。 we convinced ann to go by train rather than plane.我們說服ann坐火車而不是坐飛機去。 he was convinced that it was necessary to get it across to them.他相信有必要告訴他們這件事。 6. due to (1) due to （作表語）由于, 因為 his absence was due to the storm. 他的缺席是由于那場暴風雨造成的。 (2) duo to (作狀語) 由于，因為 he arrived late due to the storm. 他由于暴風雨而遲到了。 (3) 表示“由于；因為”的常用近義短語還有： because of...; owing to...; on account of... 但thanks to... 幸虧，由于；多虧（表示的是正面的原因） thanks to his effort, it is more successful than we have expected. 由于他的努力，我們獲得了比預期更大的成功。 7. look into