1、confuse

混淆;搞錯

Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects.

大家非常謹慎，以免把這兩類項目弄混。

I can't see how anyone could confuse you with another!

我不明白怎么會有人把你和另外一個人搞混！

把…弄糊涂;使困惑

German politics surprised and confused him.

德國政治既令他驚訝，又讓他困惑不解。

攪亂;使復雜化

To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.

使問題進一步復雜化的是，每個人需要的睡眠時間千差萬別。

2、matter

事情;狀況;問題

It was clear that she wanted to discuss some private matter.

很明顯，她想談些私事。

Until the matter is resolved the athletes will be ineligible to compete.

除非這個問題得以解決，否則這些運動員沒有資格參加比賽。

事態;情況;局面

If your ordinary life is out of control, then retreating into a cosy ritual will not improve matters.

如果正常生活都一團糟了，那么再講究小情調根本無濟于事。

If it would facilitate matters, I would be happy to come to New York.

如果對事態發展有利，我很樂意來紐約。

(有形的)物質

A proton is an elementary particle of matter

質子是物質的基本粒子。

He has spent his career studying how matter behaves at the fine edge between order and disorder.

他從事研究物質在有序與無序的細微臨界處的行為變化。