Confound
[kən'faʊnd]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
(v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
(v. t.) To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
(v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
校對:卡特里娜
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Mingle (so that there can be no distinction), intermingle, mix, blend, confuse.[2]. Perplex, bewilder, embarrass, mystify, pose, nonplus, flurry.[3]. Surprise, amaze, astonish, astound, stupefy, bewilder, stun, startle, dumfounder, electrify, take by surprise, strike with wonder, strike dumb, petrify with wonder.[4]. Destroy, overthrow, ruin.[5]. Abash, confuse, disconcert, discompose, shame, mortify.
校對:塔玛拉
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Confuse, disorder, trouble, disarrange, intermix, abash, astound, mystify,obscure, stupefy, disconcert, mix, blend, intermingle, perplex, discompose
ANT:Arrange, classify, order, allocate, distribute, dispense, unravel, enucleate,eliminate, elucidate, rally, enlighten
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解釋/意思:
v.t. to overthrow defeat: to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable: to throw into disorder: to perplex: to astonish.—p.adj. Confound′ed confused: astonished: (coll.) consummate egregious (a term of disapprobation).—advs. Confound′edly (coll.) hatefully shamefully: cursedly; Confound′ingly astonishingly.—Confound you an execration or curse.
整理:玛丽
例句/造句/用法:
- Confound you handsome young fellows! 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Dan said, Confound the idiot! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Confound Mrs. Rachael! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- No, no; confound and curse me! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- You'll only lose your own temper, and utterly confound Dinah. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- You must not confound us with London in general, my dear sir. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- You must not confound my meaning. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- They must not be confounded together. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- And really, after a day or two of confusion worse confounded, it was delightful by degrees to invoke order from the chaos ourselves had made. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Utterly confounded, Mr. George awhile stands looking at the knocker. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- His whole gains, however, are commonly called profit, and wages are, in this case, too, confounded with profit. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- She says that if I can afford to give a party I ought to be able to pay her confounded “little bill. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Somewhat confounded, Miss Wren parried the pleasantry, and sat down in a corner behind the door, with her basket in her lap. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- His sufferings were hailed with the greatest joy by a knot of spectators, and I felt utterly confounded. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Now you are confounding Antwerp with Amsterdam. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Don't try to go confounding the rights and wrongs of things in that way. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This is a mistake, into which the author has been led by trusting to his memory, and so confounding two places of the same name. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He is apt to denominate, however, his whole gain, profit, and thus confounds rent with profit, at least in common language. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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