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confound
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
confounds; confounded; confounding
confounds; confounded; confounding
Learner's definition of CONFOUND
[+ object]
1
: to surprise and confuse (someone or something)使困惑；使惊讶 — often used as (be) confounded常用作(be) confounded
- The strategy confounded our opponents.这个策略迷惑了我们的对手。
- The murder case has confounded investigators.这起谋杀案让调查人员大惑不解。
- Investors were confounded by the conflicting reports.投资者被相互矛盾的报告弄糊涂了。
2
: to prove (someone or something) wrong证实…有错；驳倒；驳斥
- The school's team confounded all predictions and won the game.那支校队赢得了比赛，证明所有预测都是错的。
- The success of the show confounded critics.演出的成功驳斥了批评家的言论。
3
informal + old-fashioned — used as an interjection to express anger or annoyance可恶，该死（用作感叹词表达愤怒或气恼）
- Confound it! I can't find my keys!该死！我找不到钥匙了！
confound
verb
con·found kən-ˈfau̇nd 
kän-
confounded; confounding; confounds
Synonyms
Example Sentences
The strategy confounded our opponents. The murder case has confounded investigators. The school's team confounded all predictions and won the game. The success of the show confounded critics.
Recent Examples on the Web Hiring mercenaries is a foolproof way to confound international laws prohibiting savagery in war. 
Sean Mcfate, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2022 After a truly awkward June for the world’s Wordle players, the five-letter daily puzzler–which remains the second most popular game globally among the Twitter gaming community–continues to confound users of the social media platform. Matt Gardner, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 The morphable character of crypto tokens will confound cookie-cutter application of the regulated security definition. J.w. Verret, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 To its credit, the movie does somewhat confound our expectations. Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 21 June 2022 Whereas some adversarial attacks seek to disrupt or confound the AI, another equally if not more insidious form of deception involves getting the AI to act on the behalf of the attacker. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 May 2022 Do not confound today’s AI with an unknown and fantastical kind of future AI. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 May 2022 Sixty percent of Americans, including 75 percent of children, had been infected with the coronavirus by February, federal health officials reported on Tuesday — another remarkable milestone in a pandemic that continues to confound expectations. New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022 Batman's Harley Quinn arrives with some cool toys and surprise moves, like a dash-and-punch-back special attack that puts players into position to confound opponents. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 19 May 2022 See More
Sean Mcfate, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2022 After a truly awkward June for the world’s Wordle players, the five-letter daily puzzler–which remains the second most popular game globally among the Twitter gaming community–continues to confound users of the social media platform. Matt Gardner, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 The morphable character of crypto tokens will confound cookie-cutter application of the regulated security definition. J.w. Verret, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 To its credit, the movie does somewhat confound our expectations. Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 21 June 2022 Whereas some adversarial attacks seek to disrupt or confound the AI, another equally if not more insidious form of deception involves getting the AI to act on the behalf of the attacker. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 May 2022 Do not confound today’s AI with an unknown and fantastical kind of future AI. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 May 2022 Sixty percent of Americans, including 75 percent of children, had been infected with the coronavirus by February, federal health officials reported on Tuesday — another remarkable milestone in a pandemic that continues to confound expectations. New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022 Batman's Harley Quinn arrives with some cool toys and surprise moves, like a dash-and-punch-back special attack that puts players into position to confound opponents. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 19 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English confounden "to defeat, destroy, frustrate, bewilder," borrowed from Anglo-French confondre, going back to Latin confundere "to pour together, blend, bring into disorder, destroy, disconcert," from con- con- + fundere "to pour, shed" — more at found entry 5
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5b
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