confound

1. 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. 使吃驚; 使困惑

He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis. 他通過(guò)冷靜處理人質(zhì)危機(jī)頓時(shí)使他的批評(píng)者們大吃一驚。