| 单词 | confound |
| 释义 | con·found /kənˈfaʊnd/ verb [transitive] 1 SURPRISEDto confuse and surprise people by being unexpected 〔因出乎意料〕使困惑；使惊讶 His amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists. 他的神奇康复使医学专家感到惊讶。2 to prove someone or something wrong 证明…有错confound the critics/pundits/experts etc United’s new striker confounded the critics with his third goal in as many games. 联队的新前锋以三场比赛的三个进球让批评者目瞪口呆。3. formalBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat an enemy, plan etc 挫败〔敌人、计划等〕4 formalNOT KNOW if a problem etc confounds you, you cannot understand it or solve it 〔问题等〕把…难住，使不知所措 Her question completely confounded me. 她的问题把我彻底难住了。5. confound it/him/them etc ANNOY old-fashioned used to show that you are annoyed with someone or something 讨厌，该死→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusconfound• I think they are absolutely confounding.• Henry Kissinger was also confounded and frustrated by the Communists during his secret negotiations with them.• Even travel agents are confounded by the logic of airline ticket pricing.• The traditional monument has tended to confound gender politics.• The close score after 12 games confounds pre-match predictions that Kasparov would win this time by a large margin.• He has utilized the pictorial logic of the photograph to confound rather than to clarify space.• Dan's speedy recovery confounded the medical experts.• The simple memory span measure confounds these variables.• Parental education will be confounded with social class and it is therefore important to consider them jointly.confound the critics/pundits/experts etc• Thus did ordinary children confound the experts.Origin confound (1200-1300) Old French confondre “to ruin, destroy”, from Latin confundere “to pour together, confuse”, from com- ( → COM-) + fundere “to pour”con·found verbChineseSyllable and surprise to confuse by being people Corpus |
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