confound 英 vt. 挫败; 使混淆,使混乱; 诅咒; He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis他对人质危机的冷静处理一时让批评者们惊讶不已。 第三人称单数:confounds 现在分词:confounding 过去式:confounded过去分词:confounded