confound

音标[kәn'faund]

汉语翻译

vt. 使混淆, 使狼狈, 挫败

confound词型变化

名词:confounder 动词过去式:confounded 过去分词:confounded 现在分词:confounding 第三人称单数:confounds

confound词意辨析

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英语解释

动词 confound:

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
同义词：confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, discombobulate
mistake one thing for another
同义词：confuse

confound例句

I always confounded him with his twin brother.
我总分不清他和他的孪生兄弟。
Her husband's cruelty amazed and confounded her.
她丈夫的残忍让她既惊愕又惶惑。

confound详细解释

con.found

v.tr.（及物动词）
con.found.ed,con.found.ing,con.founds
To cause to become confused or perplexed.See Synonyms at puzzle
使困惑：使混乱或使困惑参见 puzzle
To fail to distinguish; mix up:
混淆：不能区分；混乱：
例句：
confound fiction and fact.
把事实与假设混为一谈

To make (something bad) worse:
使混乱：使（坏事）更糟：
例句：
Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.
别乱发脾气再添乱子

To cause to be ashamed; abash:
使窘迫：使窘困；使羞愧：
例句：
an invention that confounded the skeptics.
使怀疑论者难堪的发明

To damn.
诅咒

To frustrate:
挫败：
例句：
picayune demands that all but confounded the peace talks.
这些琐碎的要求只会使和平谈判受挫

Archaic To bring to ruination.
【古语】 使毁灭

来源：
Middle English confounden
中古英语 confounden
from Anglo-Norman confundre
源自英法语 confundre
from Latin cônfundere [to mix together, confuse]
源自拉丁语 cônfundere [混合，混淆]
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.和.]
fundere [to pour] * see gheu-
fundere [泼] *参见 gheu-

【引伸】
confound.er
n.（名词）