confound[kәn'faund]
汉语翻译
vt. 使混淆, 使狼狈, 挫败
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
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。
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
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。
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 puzzleTo 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）