confounded
adj. 糊塗的,困惑的,討厭的(輕微的詛咒用語)
v. 擊敗( confound的過去式和過去分詞 ); 使驚惶; 使困惑驚訝; 搞亂
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。
1. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment;
What would she do about that ? The confounded wretch!
這樣一來,她會採取什麼步驟呢?
Those people who predicted an exercise in bureaucratic blandness were confounded.
那些認為這一系列政治活動將會冠冕堂皇的走過場的人是糊塗和愚蠢的.
Two or more variables are confounded if their effects cannot be separated.
如果兩種或更多的變數的影響不能被區別,那麼我們說,這些變數被混淆了.
That awkward confounded appearance, make him indeed jest a periodof time.
那尷尬狼狽的樣子, 著實令他笑話了一陣子.
The extraordinary election results confounded the government.
這次不尋常的選舉結果使得政府不知所措.