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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 

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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
        1. 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。
      • 证明…有错
        to prove sb/sth wrong
        1. to confound expectations
          证明期望有误
        2. 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。
      • 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.
          1. 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。
          2. 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。

        英英释义

        verb

        • mistake one thing for another
          1. you are confusing me with the other candidate
          2. I mistook her for the secretary
          Synonym:confuse
        • be confusing or perplexing to
          1. These questions confuse even the experts
          2. This question completely threw me
          3. This question befuddled even the teacher
          Synonym:confusethrowfoxbefuddlefuddlebedevildiscombobulate

        双语例句

        • Some scientists call these changes minor errors, but it's enough to confound the human immune system.
          一些科学家将这些变化叫做“小差错”,但是它已经足够扰乱人体的免疫系统。
        • Don't confound the means with the ends.
          不要混淆手段与目的。
        • 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。
        • It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.
          将异常的东西和神秘混淆起来是十分错误的。
        • 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。
        • 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;
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。