confound的中文翻譯是什麼意思

confound

US/kənˈfaʊnd/
UK/kənˈfaʊnd/

vt. 使混淆,使混亂; 挫敗; 詛咒

confound柯林斯釋義

VERB使困惑;使驚訝

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...

    他對人質危機的冷靜處理一時讓批評者們驚訝不已。

  • The choice of Governor may confound us all.

    州長的選擇可能會讓我們所有人感到困惑。

confound英文釋義

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同義詞辨析

puzzle, bewilder, confuse, embarrass, perplex, baffle, confound, distract

這些動詞均有"使困惑,迷惑,糊塗,傷腦筋"之意。

  • puzzle : 側重使人難於理解、困惑、傷腦筋。
  • bewilder : 語氣強烈,指因迷不解或驚愕而慌亂,不知所措,無法清醒地思考。
  • confuse : 語氣較弱,指由於混淆、混亂而糊塗。
  • embarrass : 常指因處境或困難問題而感到窘迫、侷促不安或焦急而不知所措。
  • perplex : 除困惑外,還含焦慮或缺乏把握之意,因而難於作出決定,無從下手處理。
  • baffle : 語氣最強,多指遇見奇怪情景或複雜困難情況時所產生的惶恐困惑心理。
  • confound : 常指人驚慌失措和狼狽不堪。
  • distract : 主要用於注意力分散、思想矛盾或過分激動時產生的昏亂。

confound場景例句

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

我們必須當心不要混淆一個群體的單個成員和這個群體本身的區別.

To confound two things means not to be able to tell them apart.

混淆兩件事物的意思是說沒能把它們區分開來.

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?

那你何不讓你的批評者們大吃一驚,寫些完全不同的東西?

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

巧言亂德. 小不忍,則亂大謀.

查看更多例句

confound詞性變形

confoundsconfoundedconfounding