及物动词
1. 使困惑;使惊讶
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.
1. mistake one thing for another
e.g. you are confusing me with the other candidate
I mistook her for the secretary
Synonym: confuse
2. be confusing or perplexing to
cause to be unable to think clearly
e.g. These questions confuse even the experts
This question completely threw me
This question befuddled even the teacher