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confoundvt.
1.min gle so as to make indistinguishable,lose使混合以致无法辨别，使丢失。
△Com.1.2.38:“confounds him-self.”把自己迷失了。
2. confuse,perplex使混乱，使不知所措。
△Mid.5.1.302(295): “Come,tears,confound，” 来，眼泪，使我发疯。
△R.Ⅲ.4.4.262:“Be not so hasty to confound mymeaning .”不要这样急急忙忙地把我的意思搅乱。
3. destroy the office of,disable摧毁…的功能，使丧失能力。
△1H.Ⅵ.5.3.70:“Ay,beauty’s princely majestyis such,/ Confounds (i.e. that it confounds) thetongue and makes the senses rough.”嗳，美貌就具有这么一种高贵的尊严，它能使舌头丧失说话的能力、使人神魂不安。
4. overwhelm,frighten,perplex压倒，使害怕，使不知所措。
△Gent.5.4.73:“My shame and guilt confounds me.”我的羞愧和罪过使我无地自容。
△L.L.L. 5.2.398(397): “Bruise me with scorn,confound me with aflout，”用嘲笑把我伤害，用讽刺对我作致命打击。
5. defeat,bring to nought,destroy战胜，使…成泡影，摧毁。
△R.Ⅲ.2.1.13: “Lest He that is the supremeKing of kings/Confound your hidden falsehood，” 不然的话，那至高无上的万王之王就要摧毁你们隐藏的狡诈。
6. destroy,bring to ruin,ruin摧毁，毁灭。
△Mer. 3.2.277(276):“to confound a man”，害人。
△Shr. 5.2. 141(140): “Confounds thy fame，”破坏你的名誉。
△Rom.2. 6.11:“The sweetest honey/Is loathsome in hisown deliciousness,/ And in the taste confounds theappetite.”最甜的蜜固然本身甜美，但也甜得令人厌烦，过甜的味道就把胃口败坏。
△Mac.2.2.12(10):“the attempt,and not the deed,/Confounds us.”i.e.the attempt,if not successful,ruins us; an unsuccessful attemptwould be ruin. 不是罪行，而是图谋，就使得我们毁灭。
△Mac. 4. 1. 53:“though the yesty waves/Confoundand swallow navigation up；”尽管汹涌翻着泡沫的波涛把船只颠覆吞没。
△Mac. 4. 3. 99:“confound/All unity onearth.”破坏地球上的统一。
△R.III.4.4. 400(399):“My-self myself confound!”i.e. may I destroy myself.那就让我自己把我自己毁灭了吧！
7. (used by way of a curse) destroy,ruin,make awaywith（用作诅咒之词）摧毁，毁灭，消灭。
△1H.VI.4.1.123:“Confirm it so? Confounded be your strife，”同意这么办吗？ 你们的争执真该死！
△Ham.3.2.189(177): “O,con-found the rest!”i.e. may destruction befall what youare about to speak of,i.e.a second marriage on mypart. 啊，别再说下去！
8. break破坏，违反。
△Mid.3.2.93: “A million fail,confounding oath on oath.”百万人变心，破坏了一个又一个海誓山盟。
9. consume,spend消费，花费。
△1H.IV.1.3.100:“Hedid confound the best part of an hour / In changinghardiment with great Glendower.”他花费大半个钟头与那伟大的格兰道尔勇猛作战。
10. consume,waste,exhaust,ruin 消耗，浪费，耗尽。
△2H.IV.4.4.39:“But,being moody,give him lineand scope,/ Till that his passions,like a whale onground,/ Confound themselves with working.”但是，他生气的时候，就由着他的性子去闹腾，让他那暴躁脾气像 一条鲸鱼上了陆地，挣扎一番也就精疲力尽，再也蹦不起来了。 confound[kənˈfaund]v.混淆，使混乱，打败，挫败
◇ be confounded with弄混淆，搞错…/ confound... and (with)…弄混…，分不清…/confound black and white颠倒黑白
confound right and wrong混淆是非
‖ confounded variable受混淆变数
confounded words混淆的单词
confounding factor混淆因素 |