confound
英 [kənˈfaʊnd]
美 [kənˈfaʊnd]
v. 使困惑惊讶; 使惊疑; 证明…有错; 击败,战胜(敌人)
过去分词:confounded 现在分词:confounding 过去式:confounded 第三人称单数:confounds 复数:confounds
Collins.1 / BNC.11567 / COCA.10535
习惯用语
v.
- confound it/you!
- (表示愤怒)真讨厌,去你的
used to show that you are angry about sth/with sb
牛津词典
verb
- 使困惑惊讶;使惊疑
to confuse and surprise sb- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists.
股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists.
- 证明…有错
to prove sb/sth wrong- to confound expectations
证明期望有误 - She confounded her critics and proved she could do the job.
她驳倒了批评者的看法,证明自己能够胜任那项工作。
- to confound expectations
- 击败,战胜(敌人)
to defeat an enemy
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使困惑;使惊讶
If someone or somethingconfoundsyou, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.- He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis...
他对人质危机的冷静处理一时让批评者们惊讶不已。 - The choice of Governor may confound us all.
州长的选择可能会让我们所有人感到困惑。
- He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis...
英英释义
verb
- mistake one thing for another
- you are confusing me with the other candidate
- I mistook her for the secretary
- be confusing or perplexing to
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
双语例句
- The Japanese way of looking at things is instructive in illuminating situations which confound Westerners.
日本人观察事物的方式对于阐明引起西方人混乱的情况是有指导意义的。 - Confound the screen readers and search engines.
屏幕阅读器和搜索引擎找不到它! - Confound it, don't you know your own remains?
难道你竟连自己的身体到底在哪里都不知道吗? - To confound two things means not to be able to tell them apart.
混淆两件事物的意思是说没能把它们区分开来。 - The children love speaking French to confound their friends.
孩子们喜欢讲法语,让他们的朋友们不知所措。 - He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis
他对人质危机的冷静处理一时让批评者们惊讶不已。 - Confound the dad-blasted water! Why didn't you tell me it was so hot?
混蛋天打雷劈的水!为什么你刚才不告诉我水这么热呢? - Let me tell a story of how Mara tried to confound the Buddha.
让我说一个恶魔如何诳惑佛陀的故事吧! - Either this is the one piece of the puzzle that I somehow got wrong, or other factors are working to temporarily confound fundamental economics and prop up the bond market.
无论这是一件困惑,我有点错了,还是有其他因素的工作,暂时混淆基本经济学和扶植债券市场。 - The choice of Governor may confound us all.
州长的选择可能会让我们所有人感到困惑。