confound
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. 使吃惊; 使困惑
He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis. 他通过冷静处理人质危机顿时使他的批评者们大吃一惊。
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confound /kənˈfaʊnd/ (confounding,confounded,confounds)
剑桥词典
- to confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation
使惊疑，使困惑
An elderly man from Hull has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead . 赫尔市的一位老人在被正式宣布死亡后居然活了过来，令医生们大惑不解。
The singer confounded her critics with a remarkable follow-up album . 这位歌手随后又推出了一张不同凡响的专辑，令评论家们大感意外。 返回 confound