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confound v.使迷惑，搞混 confound (v.) c.1300, "make uneasy, abash," from Anglo-French confoundre, Old French confondre (12c.) "crush, ruin, disgrace, throw into disorder," from Latin confundere "to confuse," literally "to pour together, mix, mingle," from com- "together" (see com-) + fundere "to pour" (see found (v.2)).The figurative sense of "confuse, fail to distinguish, mix up" emerged in Latin, passed into French and thence into Middle English, where it is mostly found in Scripture; the sense of "destroy utterly" is recorded in English from c.1300. Meaning "perplex" is late 14c. The Latin past participle confusus, meanwhile, became confused (q.v.). 【记】源自found 铸造，熔化倒入模子；混合，销毁 与confuse同源；con + found 一起找→丢了东西找不到，不知放哪了→迷惑

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[kən'faund] 【英】 v. 使迷惑(puzzle and surprise sb)【考】 indistinguishable : confound / equivalent : interchange(不能区别的可以混淆 /等价的可以互换)反义词：discriminat e between(区分)【例】 His behavior amazed and confounded her . v. 使迷惑 = puzzle; 混淆(使不易区分)【记】con共同, found建立; 创办: 建立一堆同样的房子可以使你迷惑, 混淆【类】indistinguishable: confound = equivalent: interchange不能区别的容易混淆 = 等价的可以互换【反】discriminate between(区分)

单词	confound
音标	[kən'faund]
解释	v.使迷惑，搞混
红宝书	【英】 v. 使迷惑(puzzle and surprise sb) 【考】 indistinguishable : confound / equivalent : interchange(不能区别的可以混淆 /等价的可以互换)反义词：discriminat e between(区分) 【例】 His behavior amazed and confounded her .
字源	confound (v.) c.1300, "make uneasy, abash," from Anglo-French confoundre, Old French confondre (12c.) "crush, ruin, disgrace, throw into disorder," from Latin confundere "to confuse," literally "to pour together, mix, mingle," from com- "together" (see com-) + fundere "to pour" (see found (v.2)). The figurative sense of "confuse, fail to distinguish, mix up" emerged in Latin, passed into French and thence into Middle English, where it is mostly found in Scripture; the sense of "destroy utterly" is recorded in English from c.1300. Meaning "perplex" is late 14c. The Latin past participle confusus, meanwhile, became confused (q.v.).
不择手段背单词	v. 使迷惑 = puzzle; 混淆(使不易区分) 【记】con共同, found建立; 创办: 建立一堆同样的房子可以使你迷惑, 混淆【类】indistinguishable: confound = equivalent: interchange不能区别的容易混淆 = 等价的可以互换【反】discriminate between(区分)
趣味全助记	【记】源自found 铸造，熔化倒入模子；混合，销毁与confuse同源；con + found 一起找→丢了东西找不到，不知放哪了→迷惑

Confound Found V Between(区分 French Latin Sense Kən'faund