to confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation使驚疑,使困惑
An elderly man from Hull has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead.赫爾市的一位老人在被正式宣布死亡後居然活了過來,令醫生們大惑不解。
The singer confounded her critics with a remarkable follow-up album.這位歌手随後又推出了一張不同凡響的專輯,令評論家們大感意外。