Word · Frequency #11567
Fully loadedconfounded
使困惑；使迷惑
confounded is the past of confound.
To perplex or puzzle someone.
- 1.
To perplex or puzzle.
使困惑
- 2.
To stun or amaze.
使震惊或惊讶
- 3.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
混淆；混淆是非
- 4.
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
混合在一起以至于无法区分
- 5.
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
使羞愧
- 6.
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
击败,挫败,阻碍
混淆；搞混；使震惊；使惊呆；挫败；使失败；使羞愧；使难堪；使混杂；使混在一起
In use
The sudden change in the schedule confounded everyone in the office.
The magician's trick confounded the audience, leaving them speechless.
He confounded his critics by achieving great success despite their doubts.
confound sb
直接宾语表示被弄糊涂的人。
The complex instructions confounded the students.
复杂的说明让学生困惑不解。
confound sth with sth
用with连接两个混淆的事物。
She often confounds 'effect' with 'affect'.
她经常把‘effect’和‘affect’弄混。
be confounded by sth
被动语态，by引出使人困惑的事物。
Connections
Collocations
- confound expectations
- 出乎意料，打破预期
- The team confounded expectations by winning the championship.那支球队出乎意料地赢得了冠军。
- confound the critics
- 让批评者大跌眼镜，用成功反驳批评
- The startup confounded the critics with its rapid growth.这家初创公司的快速成长让批评者大跌眼镜。
- confound the odds
- 克服不利局面，创造奇迹
- She confounded the odds and recovered from the illness.她战胜了不利的预后，康复了。
- confound the experts
- 令专家困惑，使专家惊讶
- The magician's trick confounded the experts.这位魔术师的把戏让专家们困惑不已。
- confound the enemy
- 迷惑敌人，使敌人陷入混乱
- The army used smoke screens to confound the enemy.军队用烟幕来迷惑敌人。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 confound 拆成 con + found：把“找到”的东西全混在一起，结果分不清、更困惑。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、学术讨论、文学叙述 confound 比较常见于正式或书面语境，多用于表示‘使困惑’或‘混淆’，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 confound 押韵：它们都读作 /aʊnd/，且拼写都以 -ound 结尾。注意形近词 wound（名词，意为“伤口”）读作 /wuːnd/，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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