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
- 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? - Confound the screen readers and search engines.
屏幕阅读器和搜索引擎找不到它! - Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.
你们侮辱我,已有十次之多,苛待我却不知羞愧。 - 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 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。 - He was to preach the doctrines, and I was to confound all opponents.
他负责布道,我则与对手辩论。 - She thought I'd have to Confound the examiner.
她认为我对考试官施了混淆咒。 - 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。 - 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。 - These same questions that disturb and puzzle and confound us have in their turn occurred to all the wise men;
那些扰乱了我们,使我们疑难、困惑的问题也曾经发生在所有聪明人心上;