They have a bewildering capacity to becloud issues.

他们有种惑的能力， 可以混淆问题。

They may also becloud issues to a degree that leaves no basis upon which to make a decision.

他们也可能将问题复杂化到无法做出决定的步。

She forced herself to think of it as bound up with another woman's life — a woman towards whom she had set out with a longing to carry some clearness and comfort into her beclouded youth.

她强迫自己把它想象成与另女的生活息息相——她怀着渴望为她蒙蔽的青春带去些清晰和安慰的女。