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con·found AHD[kən-foundʹ, kŏn-] D.J.[kənˈfaʊnd, kɒn-]K.K.[kənˈfaʊnd, kɑn-]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 puzzle
- To fail to distinguish; mix up:混淆：不能区分； 混乱：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：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：an invention that confounded the skeptics.使怀疑论者难堪的发明
- To damn.诅咒
- To frustrate:挫败：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
- Middle English confounden 中古英语 confounden
- from Anglo-Norman confundre 源自 英法语 confundre
- from Latin cōnfundere [to mix together, confuse] 源自 拉丁语 cōnfundere [混合，混淆]
- com- [com-] com- [前缀，表“和”]
- fundere [to pour] * see gheu- fundere [泼] * 参见 gheu-
confoundʹer n.（名词） |