confounding

基本解释

Indeed, it is even more confounding for the party, given the nature and breadth of its traditional support.
的确，对于工党而言，鉴于其传统支持阵营的范围和本质，这一困境更为棘手。
As investors ponder their next moves in this unusually unpredictable cycle, they are confronted with a confounding array of potential risks.
当投资者考虑自己在这轮极其难以预知的周期中的下一步举措时，他们面临一系列令人困惑的潜在风险。
And since hydrogen is electrically neutral, it should be possible to observe gravity’s tiny tug on it without the confounding effects of electrostatic attraction to other particles.
由于氢原子呈电中性，因而在观察其引力任何微小的吸引现象时，这个过程可能不会受到静电吸引其它粒子的干扰。

For advocates of Modern Portfolio Theory, this is confounding at worst and problematic at best.
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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.