Confound



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使迷惑
• ［英］ v. 使迷惑 ( puzzle and surprise sb)
• ［类］ indistinguishable : confound / equivalent : interchange ( 不能区别的可以混淆 / 等价的可以互换) 反义词: discriminate between ( 区分)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French confundre, from Latin confundere to pour together, confuse, from com- + fundere to pour — more at found
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. archaic to bring to ruin ; destroy
  • b. baffle, frustrate <conferences…are not for accomplishment but to confound knavish tricks — J. K. Galbraith
• 2. obsolete consume, waste
• 3.
  • a. to put to shame ; discomfit performance that confounded the critics
  • b. refute <sought to confound his arguments
• 4. damn
• 5. to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity
• 6.
  • a. to fail to discern differences between ; mix up
  • b. to increase the confusion of
• Synonyms: see puzzle
• ? confounder noun
• ? confoundingly adverb

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