confound
US /kənˈfaʊnd/
UK /kənˈfaʊnd/
动词
1.
使困惑, 使迷惑, 使惊诧
cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations
示例:
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The sudden turn of events confounded everyone.
事件的突然转变使所有人感到困惑。
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His strange behavior confounded his friends.
他奇怪的行为使他的朋友们感到困惑。
2.
驳斥, 推翻, 证明…有误
prove (a theory, expectation, or prediction) to be wrong
示例:
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The results of the experiment confounded the hypothesis.
实验结果驳斥了这个假设。
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His success confounded all expectations.
他的成功打破了所有预期。
3.
混淆, 搞混, 搅乱
mix up (something) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish
示例:
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The two theories are often confounded.
这两种理论经常被混淆。
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It's easy to confound correlation with causation.
很容易将相关性与因果关系混淆。
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