There followed a long period of confusion and muddle.

接下来是很长一段时间的困惑和混乱。

《牛津词典》

His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.

他的人已在困惑的泥潭中越陷越深。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

People of my generation who lived through World War II have vivid memories of confusion and incompetence.

我们这一代经历过第二次世界大战的人都还清晰地记得当时的混乱和无能为力。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Margaret Smith, a leader in Washington society at that time, wrote a letter describing the scene: Ladies fainted, men were seen with bloody noses and such a scene of confusion took place as is impossible to describe - those who got in could not get out by the door again, but had to scramble out of windows.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

With that tremendous response however it came a lot of confusion about what MIT open course is and what it isn't.

随着大量的好评,也存在着对MIT开放课程,是什么而不是什么的疑问。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

I don't know. It's at this point of a possible confusion, at least a momentary, provisional confusion, that we know that the poet has identified with the sun.

我不知道，这里有一点迷惑性，至少是一种瞬间而来的迷惑，我们知道作者认为自己等同于太阳。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"There was a little bit of confusion, " said David Cone, a starting pitcher on that team.

WSJ: Baseball's Unsure If It Wants to Party

But if you're depending on audio navigation, you could miss a turn out of confusion.

CNN: Why your trusty GPS sometimes fails you

The loony clash of political currents suggests the degree of confusion roiling Hollywood at the moment.

NEWYORKER: Shooter