1、confuse

混淆;搞错

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

大家非常谨慎，以免把这两类项目弄混。

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

我不明白怎么会有人把你和另外一个人搞混！

把…弄糊涂;使困惑

German politics surprised and confused him.

德国政治既令他惊讶，又让他困惑不解。

搅乱;使复杂化

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

使问题进一步复杂化的是，每个人需要的睡眠时间千差万别。

2、matter

事情;状况;问题

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

很明显，她想谈些私事。

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

除非这个问题得以解决，否则这些运动员没有资格参加比赛。

事态;情况;局面

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

如果正常生活都一团糟了，那么再讲究小情调根本无济于事。

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

如果对事态发展有利，我很乐意来纽约。

(有形的)物质

A proton is an elementary particle of matter

质子是物质的基本粒子。

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

他从事研究物质在有序与无序的细微临界处的行为变化。