confound
verb (formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they confound | |
| he / she / it confounds | |
| past simple confounded | |
| past participle confounded | |
| -ing form confounding |
- confound somebody
to confuse and surprise somebody 使困惑驚訝；使驚疑 - confound somebody/something
to prove somebody/something wrong 證明…有錯 to confound expectations 證明期望有誤 She confounded her critics and proved she could do the job. 她駁倒了批評者的看法，證明自己能夠勝任那項工作。 The rise in share prices confounded expectations. 股價的上漲出人意料。
- confound somebody (old-fashioned)
to defeat an enemy 擊敗，戰勝（敵人）
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French confondre, from Latin confundere ‘pour together, mix up’. Compare with confuse.
Idioms
confound it/you!
- (old-fashioned)
used to show that you are angry about something/with somebody （表示憤怒）真討厭，去你的