confound

及物动词挫败; 使混淆，使混乱; 诅咒

及物动词

1. 使惶恐,使混淆：conform 使顺应,使一致 | confound 使惶恐,使混淆 | confuse 使混乱

2. 混淆：conformity pressure 从众压力 | confound 混淆 | confounding factor 混合因素

3. 分不清,混淆,使混乱,使惊讶,使惶惑：circumfuse 展开,散布,围绕 | confound 分不清,混淆,使混乱,使惊讶,使惶惑 | confuse 使混淆,使混乱,使困惑,使惶惑不安

4. 使混淆：confound with 分不清 | confound 使混淆 | confounded 糊涂的

1. 使困惑;使惊讶
    If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

1. These cause more water shortage and pollution and confound the problem of a fragile environment.

2. The situation is sometimes aggravated by the rather unusual traffic arrangements that seem to be designed with the sole purpose to confound motorists and pedestrians.

3. As such, the multitude of issues that confound foreign analysts suddenly begin to make sense.

4. The relics at Jinsha are supposed to shed light on a distant past, but I guess they confound more than illuminate.

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