confound
US /kənˈfaʊnd/
UK /kənˈfaʊnd/
動詞
1.
使困惑, 使迷惑, 使驚詫
cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations
範例:
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The sudden turn of events confounded everyone.
事件的突然轉變使所有人感到困惑。
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His strange behavior confounded his friends.
他奇怪的行為使他的朋友們感到困惑。
2.
駁斥, 推翻, 證明…有誤
prove (a theory, expectation, or prediction) to be wrong
範例:
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The results of the experiment confounded the hypothesis.
實驗結果駁斥了這個假設。
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His success confounded all expectations.
他的成功打破了所有預期。
3.
混淆, 搞混, 攪亂
mix up (something) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish
範例:
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The two theories are often confounded.
這兩種理論經常被混淆。
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It's easy to confound correlation with causation.
很容易將相關性與因果關係混淆。
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