confuse: vt.1.使混乱,弄乱;混淆;弄错。2.使慌乱,使困窘,使狼狈;使糊涂〔常用被动语态〕。短语和例子confuse accounts 搞乱账目。 confuse dates 弄错日期。 confuse liberty with license 混淆自由和放纵。 be [become, get] confused with one's blunder 因做错事而发慌[窘],不知
This story later condensed into the idiom " point at a deer and call it a horse " . we use it to describe someone who confuses right and wrong deliberately 成语“指鹿为马”就是从这个故事来的。我们用它来形容那些故意颠倒是非的人。