confounding

英 [kənˈfaʊndɪŋ]

美 [kənˈfaʊndɪŋ]

v.  使困惑惊讶; 使惊疑; 证明…有错; 击败，战胜(敌人)
confound的现在分词

现在分词：confounding　

BNC.44060 / COCA.24140

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使困惑;使惊讶
  If someone or somethingconfoundsyou, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
  1. He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis...
     他对人质危机的冷静处理一时让批评者们惊讶不已。
  2. The choice of Governor may confound us all.
     州长的选择可能会让我们所有人感到困惑。

英英释义

adj

• that confounds or contradicts or confuses
  Synonym:contradictory

双语例句

• He accepted that there was potential for a confounding bias in such observational registries.
  他认为在这种观察性研究中存在着混杂偏倚。
• Although study limitations included observational design, the authors thought it unlikely that confounding by indication could explain the findings.
  虽然研究的局限性包括观察性设计，作者仍认为用这些迹象的混淆来解释这些发现是不可能的。
• His editorial highlights confounding variables in the studies.
  他的按语强调了研究中的混杂变量。
• Although statistical modeling could control for these measured baseline differences, the potential for confounding by unmeasured variables existed.
  虽然应用统计模型能控制这些基线评估上的差异，但仍然存在一些无法测定的变量导致潜在的混杂。
• Limitations of this study include possible unmeasured confounding and lack of data concerning cryptorchidism, which is another potential cause of infertility and testicular cancer.
  这项研究的限制包括可能未评量的干扰因素，以及缺乏有关隐睾症相关的数据，这是另一个造成不孕症与睾丸癌的潜在原因。
• Caffeine intake was associated with a significantly lower risk for AD, independently of other possible confounding variables.
  咖啡因摄入量与AD风险降低明显相关，不依赖于其他伴随因子。
• We used Cox regression models to estimate the risk of cancer and adjust for potential confounding factors.
  我们使用Cox回归模型来估计罹患癌症的风险并根据潜在的混淆因素进行校正。
• Researchers cited their attempt to control for the confounding effect of caffeine aversion during pregnancy as a major strength of the study.
  研究人员引用，他们尝试控制在怀孕期间对咖啡因反感的混淆作用，作为研究的主要效果。
• Limitations of this study include reliance on recall of diet and URTI, possible misclassification of exposure because of the timing of data collection, and possible residual confounding.
  本研究的局限性包括对饮食和URTI回忆的依赖、由于数据收集的限制所可能造成的对暴露的错误分类，以及可能残留的混杂因素。
• But the validity of such studies was questionable because of confounding factors, including smoking, which contributes to both periodontal disease and cancer.
  不过这类研究的可信性是令人质疑的，因为存在着混杂因素，其中包括吸烟，牙周疾病和癌症都能由吸烟导致。