confound的中文翻译是什么意思

confound

US/kənˈfaʊnd/
UK/kənˈfaʊnd/

vt. 使混淆,使混乱; 挫败; 诅咒

confound柯林斯释义

VERB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.

  • 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。

confound英文释义

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

confound同义词辨析

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。

confound场景例句

We must be careful not to confound isolated members of a body with the body itself.

我们必须当心不要混淆一个群体的单个成员和这个群体本身的区别.

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.

Do not confound the means with the ends.

不要混淆手段和目的.

Why don't you confound your critics and write something completely different?

那你何不让你的批评者们大吃一惊,写些完全不同的东西?

Specious words confound virtue. Want of forbearance in small matters confounds great plans.

巧言乱德. 小不忍,则乱大谋.

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confound词性变形

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