Confound
[ kən'faund ]
第3级
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vt. 使混淆，使混乱;挫败;诅咒;
📝 例句
Don't confound the means with the ends.
不要使手段与目的混淆不清.
🌱 联想助记
【记】con-前缀“共同”,found-建立、创办:建立一堆同样的房子可以使你迷惑,混淆
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-flu-表示“流动”
📖 牛津释义
confound
v
1 [Tn] (dated or fml 旧或文) puzzle and surprise (sb); perplex 使（某人）困惑和惊奇; 使迷惑
His behaviour amazed and confounded her. 他的所作所为让她感到既惊愕又困惑.
I was confounded to hear that... 我听到...感到大惑不解.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (with sth) (dated 旧) confuse (ideas, etc) 使（思想等）混乱.
3 [Tn] (dated or fml 旧或文)
(a) defeat (sb) 击败（某人）
confound an enemy, a rival, a critic, etc 击败敌人、 对手、 批评者等.
(b) prevent (sth); thwart 防碍, 挫败（某事物）
confound a plan, an attempt, etc 挫败计划、 企图等.
4 [Tn] (infml 口) (used as an interj to express anger 用作叹词表示愤怒)
Confound it! 真讨厌! * Confound you! 去你的!
🔁 扩展释义
*[kәn'faund]vt. 使混淆, 使狼狈, 挫败
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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I have a complaint for you.
我有点不满意的事要跟你谈谈。
Troubles never come singly.
祸不单行。
One day, he went to an exclusive shop in London and asked for 'Myrolite', the shop assistant looked puzzled and Harry repeated the word, slowly stressing each syllable.
一天，他去伦敦一家高级商店要买一种叫“密诺莱特”的东西，店员露出诧异的神色。哈里又慢慢地，一字一顿说了一遍这个词，