| 釋義 |
confoundvt.
1.min gle so as to make indistinguishable,lose使混合以致無法辨別，使丟失。
△Com.1.2.38:“confounds him-self.”把自己迷失了。
2. confuse,perplex使混亂，使不知所措。
△Mid.5.1.302(295): “Come,tears,confound，” 來，眼淚，使我發(fā)瘋。
△R.Ⅲ.4.4.262:“Be not so hasty to confound mymeaning .”不要這樣急急忙忙地把我的意思攪亂。
3. destroy the office of,disable摧毀…的功能，使喪失能力。
△1H.Ⅵ.5.3.70:“Ay,beauty’s princely majestyis such,/ Confounds (i.e. that it confounds) thetongue and makes the senses rough.”噯，美貌就具有這么一種高貴的尊嚴(yán)，它能使舌頭喪失說話的能力、使人神魂不安。
4. overwhelm,frighten,perplex壓倒，使害怕，使不知所措。
△Gent.5.4.73:“My shame and guilt confounds me.”我的羞愧和罪過使我無地自容。
△L.L.L. 5.2.398(397): “Bruise me with scorn,confound me with aflout，”用嘲笑把我傷害，用諷刺對我作致命打擊。
5. defeat,bring to nought,destroy戰(zhàn)勝，使…成泡影，摧毀。
△R.Ⅲ.2.1.13: “Lest He that is the supremeKing of kings/Confound your hidden falsehood，” 不然的話，那至高無上的萬王之王就要摧毀你們隱藏的狡詐。
6. destroy,bring to ruin,ruin摧毀，毀滅。
△Mer. 3.2.277(276):“to confound a man”，害人。
△Shr. 5.2. 141(140): “Confounds thy fame，”破壞你的名譽。
△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，但也甜得令人厭煩，過甜的味道就把胃口敗壞。
△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，而是圖謀，就使得我們毀滅。
△Mac. 4. 1. 53:“though the yesty waves/Confoundand swallow navigation up；”盡管洶涌翻著泡沫的波濤把船只顛覆吞沒。
△Mac. 4. 3. 99:“confound/All unity onearth.”破壞地球上的統(tǒng)一。
△R.III.4.4. 400(399):“My-self myself confound!”i.e. may I destroy myself.那就讓我自己把我自己毀滅了吧！
7. (used by way of a curse) destroy,ruin,make awaywith（用作詛咒之詞）摧毀，毀滅，消滅。
△1H.VI.4.1.123:“Confirm it so? Confounded be your strife，”同意這么辦嗎？ 你們的爭執(zhí)真該死！
△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，別再說下去！
8. break破壞，違反。
△Mid.3.2.93: “A million fail,confounding oath on oath.”百萬人變心，破壞了一個又一個海誓山盟。
9. consume,spend消費，花費。
△1H.IV.1.3.100:“Hedid confound the best part of an hour / In changinghardiment with great Glendower.”他花費大半個鐘頭與那偉大的格蘭道爾勇猛作戰(zhàn)。
10. consume,waste,exhaust,ruin 消耗，浪費，耗盡。
△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，他生氣的時候，就由著他的性子去鬧騰，讓他那暴躁脾氣像 一條鯨魚上了陸地，掙扎一番也就精疲力盡，再也蹦不起來了。 confound[k?n?faund]v.混淆，使混亂，打敗，挫敗
◇ be confounded with弄混淆，搞錯…/ confound... and (with)…弄混…，分不清…/confound black and white顛倒黑白
confound right and wrong混淆是非
‖ confounded variable受混淆變數(shù)
confounded words混淆的單詞
confounding factor混淆因素 |