confound

英[kən'faʊnd] 美[kən'faʊnd]
  • vt. 使困惑；混淆；挫败；诅咒
confounder confounded confounded confounding confounds
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星级词汇:
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详细释义

Verb:
  1. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;

    "These questions confuse even the experts"
    "This question completely threw me"
    "This question befuddled even the teacher"

  2. mistake one thing for another;

    "you are confusing me with the other candidate"
    "I mistook her for the secretary"

双语例句

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Don't confound the means with the ends.
不要使手段与目的混淆不清.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. Are you going to lie there all day , confound it, you sow! "
妈的,还躺着, 猪猡 ”!

来自汉英文学 - 现代散文

4. Confound him , what does he mean by dogging me?
该死的家伙, 他干吗老盯住我 呢 ?

来自辞典例句

5. Confound [ God confound ] it [ you ] !
畜生!混蛋!该死的!

来自辞典例句

    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. Don't confound the means with the ends.
      不要把手段和目的混淆起来。
    2. 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。

用法讲解

puzzle，bewilder，confuse，embarrass，perplex，baffle，confound，distract
  • 这些动词均有“使困惑、迷惑、糊涂、伤脑筋”之意。
  • puzzle侧重使人难于理解、困惑、伤脑筋。
  • bewilder语气强烈，指因迷不解或惊愕而慌乱，不知所措，无法清醒地思考。
  • confuse语气较弱，指由于混淆、混乱而糊涂。
  • embarrass常指因处境或困难问题而感到窘迫、局促不安或焦急而不知所措。
  • perplex除困惑外，还含焦虑或缺乏把握之意，因而难于作出决定，无从下手处理。
  • baffle语气最强，多指遇见奇怪情景或复杂困难情况时所产生的惶恐困惑心理。
  • confound常指人惊慌失措和狼狈不堪。
  • distract主要用于注意力分散、思想矛盾或过分激动时产生的昏乱。

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    【邻近词汇】

    confront conformity confounded confounding confounders confoundedly confound with confounded design confounding system confounding factor confounded nuisance confounding factors
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