be/look/seem confounded
作表语时表示因某事而困惑或震惊，系动词常用 be、look、seem。
She looked confounded when she heard the news.
听到这个消息时，她显得十分困惑。
困惑的；惊讶的
受挫的；被击败的；困惑的,惊愕的；被击败的,受挫的；狼狈的
Confused or astonished; unable to think clearly.
困惑的,惊愕的
Confused, astonished.
被击败的,受挫的
Defeated, thwarted.
She looked confounded when the teacher asked her a question she hadn't studied for.
当老师问她一个她没有准备的问题时，她显得很困惑。
用法提示：confounded 为形容词，表示困惑的状态。
He was confounded by the complex instructions for assembling the furniture.
他被组装家具的复杂说明搞糊涂了。
用法提示：confounded 为形容词，描述因复杂事物而感到困惑。
The confounded expression on his face showed he had no idea what was happening.
他脸上困惑的表情表明他完全不知道发生了什么。
用法提示：confounded 为形容词，修饰名词 expression，表示困惑的。
作表语时表示因某事而困惑或震惊，系动词常用 be、look、seem。
She looked confounded when she heard the news.
听到这个消息时，她显得十分困惑。
by 引出造成困惑的原因，也可用 at。
Investors were confounded by the sudden change.
投资者被这一突然的变化弄得困惑不解。
confounded 作宾语补足语，强调留下的状态。
The result left scientists confounded.
这一结果让科学家们大为困惑。
grammar · medium
易错句子The instructions are very confounded.
正确表达The instructions are very confusing.
confounded 是形容词，表示人“感到困惑/惊愕”，主语通常是人；confusing 才表示事物“令人困惑”。中文“说明令人困惑”容易误用 -ed 形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子I confounded by the professor's explanation.
正确表达I was confounded by the professor's explanation.
confounded 在此作形容词，需要系动词 be；中文“我被弄糊涂了”没有系动词，容易遗漏 be，把形容词误当动词。
grammar · medium
易错句子She was confounded with the complex rules.
正确表达She was confounded by the complex rules.
表示“被…弄糊涂”用 be confounded by；be confounded with 是动词 confound 的搭配，意为“把…与…混淆”，不用于此义。中文“被…弄糊涂”容易错用 with。
confused 是最常用的中性词，泛指一般的困惑、搞不清楚；confounded 语气更强、偏书面，强调被弄得晕头转向甚至惊愕。日常口语说'我不明白'用 confused，不用 confounded。
confusing 是 -ing 形容词，'令人困惑的'，主语是使人费解的事物；confounded 是 -ed 形容词，形容人'感到困惑或惊愕'，主语是人。切勿用 confounded 代替 confusing 去描述说明书、规则等。
dumbfounded 强调惊讶到说不出话、目瞪口呆，只描述'震惊'；confounded 侧重困惑、不知所措，还可表示'受挫的、被击败的'，震惊程度和'哑口无言'的意味都比 dumbfounded 弱。
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