V-T If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. 使吃惊; 使困惑
He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis.
他通过冷静处理人质危机顿时使他的批评者们大吃一惊。
She then confounds me by sitting down to eat the free meal.
她之后坐下吃免费餐食的行为则让我困惑。
As with Flip, the design confounds notions of what a camera should look like: it resembles a short, square telescope.
同Flip一样，它的设计也颠覆了传统理念中的相机外形：它像是一个短小的方形望远镜。
In some cultures, notably in the Pacific Rim, the family name is usually written first, which confounds the meaning of the expression "first name."
在某些文化中，特别是环太平洋地区，通常先写家族名，从而与“first name”所表达的含义相矛盾。
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