"addle" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 使困惑
• 使糊塗

Definition

讓某人困惑或無法清楚思考；有時也指（雞蛋等）變質、腐壞。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Addle”較舊式，多於文學或正式語境出現，常見用法如“addled brain/mind”（思維混亂）。現代英文少用來指雞蛋壞掉。不要和confuse（更常用）搞混。

Examples

Lack of sleep can addle your mind.

缺乏睡眠會**使**你的大腦**糊塗**。

The noise outside started to addle him.

外面的噪音開始**讓**他**困惑**。

Heat can addle eggs if they are left out too long.

如果雞蛋放在外面太久，熱會讓它們**變質**。

I didn’t drink coffee this morning, so my thoughts are addled today.

我今天早上沒喝咖啡，所以腦子裡都是**糊塗的念頭**。

That complicated math problem really addled me.

那個複雜的數學題真的**讓我頭暈腦脹**。

By the end of the long meeting, everyone’s brain was completely addled.

長時間的會議結束時，大家的腦袋都**糊塗了**。