confuse
/kənˈfjuːz/verb
with obj.
1- cause (someone) to become bewildered or perplexed使迷惑, 使困惑：
past and present blurred together, confusing her still further.
过去和现在混在一起变得模糊不清, 使她更加迷惑不解。
1.1
- make (something) more complex or less easy to understand使更复杂; 使难懂：
the points made by the authors confuse rather than clarify the issue.
作者们提出的论点没有阐明这个问题反而使之更复杂。
1.2
- identify wrongly; mistake误认; 混淆：
a lot of people confuse a stroke with a heart attack
很多人分不清中风和心脏病发作
purchasers might confuse the two products.
购买者也许会把这两种产品混淆起来。
派生词
confusingly
adverb词源
Middle English （in the sense 'rout， bring to ruin'）： from Old French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere 'mingle together' （see CONFOUND）. Originally all senses of the verb were passive， and therefore appeared only as the past participle confused; the active voice occurred rarely until the 19th cent. when it began to replace confound.