muddled

Compared meaning: unable to think or understand clearly (adjective).

比较义项：思路不清、无法理解或思考清楚（形容词）。

• confused

  The everyday, general word for the mental state of not understanding or being unable to think clearly, often because of complicated or contradictory information.

  困惑的日常通用词，指因信息复杂或前后矛盾而无法理解、思路不清的精神状态。

  The new employee seemed confused about which forms to fill in.

  新来的员工似乎很困惑，不知道该填哪些表格。

• muddled 本词

  Emphasizes disorganized, unclear thinking or exposition, often describing someone's explanation, notes or account rather than just naming the feeling; slightly more informal or British.

  强调思路混乱、条理不清，多用来描述某人的解释、笔记或叙述本身，而不只是说明这种感受；语气更偏非正式或英式英语。

  His muddled account of the accident confused the police officers.

  他对事故经过的叙述很混乱，把警察也弄糊涂了。

Both words describe an unclear mind, unable to understand something. Confused is the everyday, general word for this state. Muddled stresses disorganized thinking, often for a person's account or notes; it sounds informal or British. Muddled can also mean mixing things together; not compared here.

这两个词在“思路不清、无法理解”这一意义上很接近，但confused是最常用的通用说法，直接描述人的心理状态；muddled更强调思维或表达本身缺乏条理，语气略显非正式或英式，常用来形容人的解释、笔记或想法。muddled另外还可表示把东西搅乱、混在一起，这里不涉及该用法。