confound

UK:  [kən'faʊnd]

US:  [kən'faʊnd]

第三人称单数：confounds  现在分词：confounding  过去式：confounded  

v.

1.混淆,使混同[混杂],使混乱

2.使惊慌失措,使狼狈;使羞愧

3.反驳;挫败(计划、希望等)

4.〔口语〕让…死掉,可恶,活该

5.把…弄糊涂,使…不知所措,弄得…惊慌失措

6.愣住,莫名其妙,简直不知道怎么是好

7.与…辩论

8.混蛋,真讨厌

9.弄糊涂;打乱:

10.错认

1 . But today details emerged of a woman who may confound the popular view that everyone in the industry is in it for themselves.
然而今天，一名女银行家却挑战了公众认为这一行业“人人为己”的普遍观点。

2 . It tends to confound and destroy all distinctions, and prostrate all ranks to one common level.
这将混淆和抹杀所有区别，削平所有等级。

3 . Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
我们下去，在那里变乱他们的口音，使他们的言语彼此不通。

4 . Some scientists call these changes minor errors, but it's enough to confound the human immune system.
一些科学家将这些变化叫做“小差错”，但是它已经足够扰乱人体的免疫系统。

5 . Rosenberg had been careful in planting false clues that would confound investigators.
罗森博格细致周密地布置了假线索来扰乱调查员。