Confound
[ kən'faund ]
第3级
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vt. 使混淆，使混乱;挫败;诅咒;
📝 例句
Don't confound the means with the ends.
不要使手段与目的混淆不清.
🌱 联想助记
【记】con-前缀“共同”,found-建立、创办:建立一堆同样的房子可以使你迷惑,混淆
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-flu-表示“流动”
📖 牛津释义
confound
v
1 [Tn] (dated or fml 旧或文) puzzle and surprise (sb); perplex 使（某人）困惑和惊奇; 使迷惑
His behaviour amazed and confounded her. 他的所作所为让她感到既惊愕又困惑.
I was confounded to hear that... 我听到...感到大惑不解.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (with sth) (dated 旧) confuse (ideas, etc) 使（思想等）混乱.
3 [Tn] (dated or fml 旧或文)
(a) defeat (sb) 击败（某人）
confound an enemy, a rival, a critic, etc 击败敌人、 对手、 批评者等.
(b) prevent (sth); thwart 防碍, 挫败（某事物）
confound a plan, an attempt, etc 挫败计划、 企图等.
4 [Tn] (infml 口) (used as an interj to express anger 用作叹词表示愤怒)
Confound it! 真讨厌! * Confound you! 去你的!
🔁 扩展释义
*[kәn'faund]vt. 使混淆, 使狼狈, 挫败
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📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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That's very nice of you.
你真是太好了。
Here are the two originals of the contract we prepared.
这是我们准备好的两份合同正本。
It's against the rules to handle the ball in soccer.
在足球中以手触球就是犯规。