confound
[kən'faʊnd] verb transitive
■to confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation 使惊疑，使困惑惊讶•An elderly man from Hull has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead.赫尔市的一位老人在被正式宣布死亡后居然活了过来，令医生们大惑不解。 •The singer confounded her critics with a remarkable follow-up album.这位歌手随后又推出了一张不同凡响的专辑，令评论家们大感意外。 |