资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mystify \Mys"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mystified}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Mystifying}.] [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. ? + L. -ficare
   (in comp.) to make. See 1st {Mystery}, and {-fy}.]
   1. To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to
      understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.

   2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the
      credulity of; as, to mystify an opponent.

            He took undue advantage of his credulity and
            mystified him exceedingly.            --Ld.
                                                  Campbell.

资料来源 : WordNet®

mystifying
     adj : of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written
           without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark
           secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in
           its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins
           of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to
           visitors from other lands" [syn: {cryptic}, {cryptical},
            {deep}, {inscrutable}, {mysterious}]