confounder
英[kən'faʊnd]
美[kən'faʊnd]
- vt.使困惑;混淆;挫败;诅咒
详细释义
Verb:
-
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;
"These questions confuse even the experts"
"This question completely threw me"
"This question befuddled even the teacher"
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mistake one thing for another;
"you are confusing me with the other candidate"
"I mistook her for the secretary"
双语例句
- Don't confound the means with the ends.
不要把手段和目的混淆起来。 - To confound two things means not to be able to tell them apart.
混淆两件事物的意思是说没能把它们区分开来。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
用法讲解
- puzzle,bewilder,confuse,embarrass,perplex,baffle,confound,distract
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- 这些动词均有“使困惑、迷惑、糊涂、伤脑筋”之意。
- puzzle侧重使人难于理解、困惑、伤脑筋。
- bewilder语气强烈,指因迷不解或惊愕而慌乱,不知所措,无法清醒地思考。
- confuse语气较弱,指由于混淆、混乱而糊涂。
- embarrass常指因处境或困难问题而感到窘迫、局促不安或焦急而不知所措。
- perplex除困惑外,还含焦虑或缺乏把握之意,因而难于作出决定,无从下手处理。
- baffle语气最强,多指遇见奇怪情景或复杂困难情况时所产生的惶恐困惑心理。
- confound常指人惊慌失措和狼狈不堪。
- distract主要用于注意力分散、思想矛盾或过分激动时产生的昏乱。
- Confound you! 混蛋!
- Confound it! 该死!讨厌!...
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