单词	confound
释义	confoundcon‧found /kənˈfaʊnd/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINconfound Origin: 1200-1300 Old French confondre ‘to ruin, destroy’, from Latin confundere ‘to pour together, confuse’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + fundere ‘to pour’ Verb Table VERB TABLE confound Simple Form Present I, you, we, they confound he, she, it confounds Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they confounded Present perfect I, you, we, they have confounded he, she, it has confounded Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had confounded Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will confound Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have confounded Continuous Form Present I am confounding he, she, it is confounding you, we, they are confounding Past I, he, she, it was confounding you, we, they were confounding Present perfect I, you, we, they have been confounding he, she, it has been confounding Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been confounding Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be confounding Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been confounding Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Dan's speedy recovery confounded the medical experts. Even travel agents are confounded by the logic of airline ticket pricing. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He has utilized the pictorial logic of the photograph to confound rather than to clarify space. Henry Kissinger was also confounded and frustrated by the Communists during his secret negotiations with them. I think they are absolutely confounding. Parental education will be confounded with social class and it is therefore important to consider them jointly. The close score after 12 games confounds pre-match predictions that Kasparov would win this time by a large margin. The simple memory span measure confounds these variables. The traditional monument has tended to confound gender politics. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► confound the critics/pundits/experts etc  United’s new striker confounded the critics with his third goal in as many games. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► confound somebody's expectations (=be different to what someone expected, in a way that surprises or confuses them)· The play totally confounds the audience's expectations. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► experts · Thus did ordinary children confound the experts.· The reports have puzzled and confounded some experts. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► confound it/him/them etc And if Callie confuses them, Mona confounds them. Hell and the devil confound it, this was his home! Placed there to confront and confound him. She summons Deronda and pours out her desire to be what he wants, her inarticulate misery confounding him. Use their expectations and then confound them. 1to confuse and surprise people by being unexpected:  His amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists.2to prove someone or something wrongconfound the critics/pundits/experts etc United’s new striker confounded the critics with his third goal in as many games.3formal to defeat an enemy, plan etc4formal if a problem etc confounds you, you cannot understand it or solve it:  Her question completely confounded me.5confound it/him/them etc old-fashioned used to show that you are annoyed with someone or something
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