Verb:
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;These questions confuse even the experts
This question completely threw me
This question befuddled even the teacher
mistake one thing for another;you are confusing me with the other candidate
I mistook her for the secretary
puzzle，bewilder，confuse，embarrass，perplex，baffle，confound，distract这些动词均有“使困惑、迷惑、糊涂、伤脑筋”之意。
puzzle侧重使人难于理解、困惑、伤脑筋。
bewilder语气强烈，指因迷不解或惊愕而慌乱，不知所措，无法清醒地思考。
confuse语气较弱，指由于混淆、混乱而糊涂。
embarrass常指因处境或困难问题而感到窘迫、局促不安或焦急而不知所措。
perplex除困惑外，还含焦虑或缺乏把握之意，因而难于作出决定，无从下手处理。
baffle语气最强，多指遇见奇怪情景或复杂困难情况时所产生的惶恐困惑心理。
confound常指人惊慌失措和狼狈不堪。
distract主要用于注意力分散、思想矛盾或过分激动时产生的昏乱。
Confound you!混蛋！Confound it!该死！讨厌！…
近义词 cloud云throw扔fox狐狸stump残株floor地面puzzle难题baffle困惑muddle混乱mix up搅匀stun使震惊mystify迷惑mistake错误amaze使吃惊involve包含muddy泥泞的distract分散fuddle使错乱confuse使困惑perplex使困惑bedevil使痛苦befuddle使昏迷bewilder 使迷惑embarrass使窘迫misperceive看错complicate使复杂化discombobulate使混乱
动词85%,名词15%
用作及物动词Don'tconfoundthe means with the ends.不要把手段和目的混淆起来。
Toconfoundtwo things means not to be able to tell them apart.混淆两件事物的意思是说没能把它们区分开来。 A president is embroiled in a sexual scandal, however, his approving rates rises rather than declines, which confounds the pundits.
某国总统被卷入性丑闻之后，他的支持率不降反升，这令专家们感到困惑。 blog.sina.com.cn
We are looking into an unprecedented abyss of economic and social turmoil that confounds our previous perceptions of historical risk.
观察前所未有深不可测的经济和社会动荡，使我们对早先了解到的历史上的风险感到困惑。 yeeyan
What a group of alien worshipers needs with a16th century farmhouse confounds me; I suspect they were after the pool.
我搞不清楚一群外星众神的崇拜者何以会需要一个16世纪的农舍；我想他们大概是要寻找那个水池。 yeeyan
What a group of alien worshipers needs with a16th century farmhouse confounds me;
我搞不清楚一群外星众神的崇拜者何以会需要一个16世纪的农舍； yeeyan
As with Flip, the design confounds notions of what a camera should look like: it resembles a short, square telescope.
同 Flip一样，它的设计也颠覆了传统理念中的相机外形：它像是一个短小的方形望远镜。 ecocn
Cloud computing is one of those topics that confuses and confounds people.
云计算是会使得人们混淆和迷惑的几个概念之一。 yeeyan
If Putin's title trips up a world leader here and there, pinpointing his exact role confounds nearly everyone.
即使普京的头衔让世界领袖也栽了跟头，但几乎仍没有人能彻底弄清他的准确角色。 yeeyan
In another way, Europe's culture confounds economists.
欧洲文化在另一方面使经济学家感到不知所措。 yeeyan
She then confounds me by sitting down to eat the free meal.
她之后坐下吃免费餐食的行为则让我困惑。 yeeyan
Speciouswords confound virtue. Want of forbearance in small matters confounds great plans.
巧言乱德。小不忍，则乱大谋。 umiwi
The process still confounds experts because viruses work by invading cells and making them produce more viruses.
病毒引发癌变的过程仍然困扰着专家们，因为病毒是通过入侵细胞并使之分裂更多的病毒来工作的。 huanqiu
Yet the rate the ice is vanishing confounds these climatologists’ models.
然而冰层消失的速度与模型不符让这些气候学家很不解。 ecocn