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
- Dumfounded, to fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound.
目瞪口呆充满惊讶与不解,迷惑。 - Confound the screen readers and search engines.
屏幕阅读器和搜索引擎找不到它! - At times they go so far as to confound right and wrong and turn things upside down.
他们有时简直要闹到颠倒是非、混淆黑白的程度。 - 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? - She thought I'd have to Confound the examiner.
她认为我对考试官施了混淆咒。 - Firstly, never underestimate the ability of markets to confound investors 'expectations.
首先,永远不要低估市场挫败投资者预期的能力。 - 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。 - 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 functions of basophils, one of the first immune cells to be identified, continue to confound researchers.
嗜碱性细胞,第一种被发现的免疫细胞,它的功能继续令研究人员困惑。 - Growth miracles such as that confound cultural pessimism.
这样的增长奇迹是文化悲观主义所不能解释的。