The politician was completely flummoxed by the questions put to her.

那位女政治家被问得十分狼狈.

She was flummoxed by the question

问题弄得她不知所措。

I was slightly flummoxed . Well, totally gobsmacked.

我有点惊愕,嗯,真是目瞪口呆了!

||1: By 2009 the Shabab, with a core of 5,000-odd fighters, had mastered a good half of the country and made most of the rest virtually ungovernable. ||2: Stig Jarle Hansen, the Norwegian author of one of two important new books explaining the rise of the Shabab, reckons it controlled an area “equal to the size of Denmark, with perhaps 5m inhabitants”. ||3: The Shabab, Mr Hansen believes, was then the world’s only self-proclaimed al-Qaeda ally controlling large territories. ||4: Because of a far-flung Somali diaspora of nearly 2m in America , Britain, Kenya and Scandinavia, the Shabab’s capacity for wreaking terror at home and abroad has frightened and flummoxed Western and African governments.

||1:2009年，青年党以5000个奇特的战士控制了该国一半以上的地方，剩下的地方实际上大部分处于无政府状态。||2: 挪威作家Stig Jarle Hansen的新作解释了青年党的壮大，他认为青年党控制的地盘和丹麦一样大，里面可能有5百万居民。 ||3:Hansen先生相信青年党是世界上唯一的以基地盟友自居而且控制很多地盘的组织。||4:因为有将近二百万的索马里人流散在美国、英国、肯尼亚和斯堪的那维亚半岛，青年党在国内外制造恐怖的能力使西方政府和非洲政府感到恐惧困惑。

||1:Mr Lofven may go down as the shortest-lived elected prime minister in Swedish history, and his Social Democrats, already at an all-time low with the electorate, have lost more voter confidence.||2:The larger questions are how much more the Sweden Democrats will transform a traditionally compromise-oriented political landscape and what happens if the March ballot produces a similar hung parliament.||3:Mr Lofven seemed flummoxed by the far-right party’s support for the alternative budget and by the alliance’s unwillingness to negotiate, even though both had been well trailed.||4:As a former trade unionist without political experience, he is used to consensus, not crisis.

||1:勒文下台，成为瑞典史上在位时间最短的首相，同时，他领导的社会民主党所得票数达到历史最低水平，这让更多的选民失去信心。||2:更大的问题在于瑞典民主党会在多大程度上改变以折中为传统解决方式的政治形势，如果三月份的投票选举产生一个相似的少数派议会，又将如何处理。||3:虽然勒文政府已经使出浑身解数进行拖延，但“极右翼”党派仍然支持瑞典民主党的预算案，且“中右翼”联盟不愿进行协商，这让勒文显得狼狈不堪。||4:他作为一个没有执政经验的前工会会员，习惯于达成一致，而不是产生分歧。

||1:He would replace Chuck Hagel, a decorated veteran with a profound aversion to the ill-considered use of force.||2:Mr Hagel, a Republican, was inarticulate, flummoxed by detail and floundered in the job, particularly when faced with the complex challenge of taking on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.||3:Relentless micromanagement from the White House made things worse.

||1:他将取代查克·哈格尔（一位充满荣誉的老兵，相当厌恶妄动军事力量）。||2:尤其是在面对伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰政权复杂多变的局势时，身为共和党议员的哈格尔先生，词不达意、为细节所困、工作状态糟糕。||3:白宫的“微管理”，毫不留情，让局势越演越烈。

It is as if Brexiteers have spent so many years in opposition attacking the EU that they are flummoxed by the idea of coming up with a workable plan.

这就好像脱欧派长期支持脱欧，但需要提出可行计划的时候却又慌乱失措。

But experts looking for shopping patterns are flummoxed , says Tim Denison at Synovate, a research firm.

但是，供职于一家研究公司Synovate的TimDenison提到，研究购物类型的专家感到很疑惑。

But last week, when he got his hands on a laptop running the newest version of Windows for the first time, Mr. McCarthy was flummoxed .

但是上周，当他的手在第一次笔记本上操作最新版的Windows时，McCarthy有点迷糊了。

Flummoxed by his true-false final exam, a student decides to toss a coin up in the air.

对-错期末测验题目让一位学生一筹莫展…，于是决定向空中抛硬币。

Although Darwin was the son and grandson of physicians, the most eminent doctors of the day were flummoxed by his symptoms.

尽管达尔文的父亲和祖父都是医生，当时最杰出的医生们都对他的症状一筹莫展。

Even after students got the hang of the game by practicing it, they were flummoxed when a new visual feature was introduced.

尽管许多学生都通过练习知道了其中的诀窍，他们在新的视觉效果出现的时候仍然会感到惊慌失措。

Second, the complexity of parliament means that many people are flummoxed by its decision-making processes.

另一方面，议会组织的复杂使得很多人被起决策程序搞得头晕脑胀。

Those that did emerge often quickly went into reverse, leaving macro funds, which usually invest in longer-term themes, flummoxed .

那些浮现出的迹象转眼间便出现逆转，只留下通常只做长期主题投资的宏观基金在风中凌乱。

This preference has flummoxed protocol offices the world over, notably in Paris, where Qaddafi pitched his tent for a week in 2007.

他的这种偏好让全世界的礼宾处都曾乱过阵脚，最有名的一次是2007年在巴黎，卡扎菲住了一周的帐篷。

They have studied wages across the world and been flummoxed by the diversity of goods and services, which complicate any easy comparisons.

他们研究了世界各地的工资，由于商品和服务的多样性，无法进行对比，失败告终。

That should be a comforting thought for the world’s flummoxed financial regulators.

这是一个令人安慰的想法在如今混乱的金融管理中。

Since 1966, he has cruised the San Diego highways looking for motorists flummoxed by flat tires and dead batteries.

自从1966年起，他就巡视圣地亚哥的公路寻找因为车胎漏气或者电池报废而慌乱无助的司机。