Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 106

Conformity (n.) 符合,適合,一致;遵守,遵照 Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

Conformity (n.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.

Confortation (n.) The act of strengthening. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Strengthening (n.) (pl. Strengthenings) The process by which something is  strengthened.

Confounded (imp. & p. p.) of Confound

Confounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confound

Confound (v. t.) 使混淆,使狼狽,挫敗 To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

Confound (v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

Confound (v. t.) To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

Confound (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

Confounded (a.) 狼狽的,困惑的,討厭的 Confused; perplexed.

Confounded (a.) Excessive; extreme; abominable.

Confoundedly (adv.) 非常地;討厭地 Extremely; odiously; detestable.

Confoundedness (n.) The state of being confounded.

Confounder (n.) 混雜因子 One who confounds.

Confract (a.) Broken in pieces; severed.

Confragose (a.) Broken; uneven.

Confraternities (n. pl. ) of Confraternity

Confraternity (n.) 團體,協會,幫會 A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.

Confrere (n.) 【法】同志;同業;同事 Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.

Confrere (n.) A person who is member of one's class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his  fellow hackers" [syn: {colleague}, {confrere}, {fellow}].

Confrication (n.) [] 磨碎 A rubbing together; friction.

Confrier (n.) A confr[`e]re. [Obs.]

Confronted (imp. & p. p.) of Confront

Confronting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confront

Confront (v. t.) 使面對,對抗,遭遇,使對質,比較 To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

Confront (v. t.) To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

Confront (v. t.) To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

Confront (v.) [ T ] (C2) 面對,面臨;遭遇;直面,正視 To face, meet, or deal with a difficult situation or person.

// As she left the court, she was confronted by angry crowds who tried to block her way.

// It's an issue we'll have to confront at some point, no matter how unpleasant it is.

// I thought I would stay calm, but when I was confronted with/by the TV camera, I got very nervous.

Phrasal verb:

Confront sb with sth (-- Phrasal verb with confront) (v.) [ T ] (C2) 跟(某人)對質,跟(某人)當面對證 To tell someone what they do not want to hear, often because it is about something bad that they have done or because it needs an explanation.

// I know she's the one who made the error, but I don't want to confront her with it without having any hard evidence.

Confrontation (n.) 對質;比較;對抗 Act of confrontating. -- H. Swinburne.

Confrontation (n.) A bold challenge.

Confrontation (n.) Discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions.

Confrontation (n.) A hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: {confrontation}, {encounter}, {showdown}, {face-off}].

Confrontation (n.) The act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn: {confrontation}, {opposition}].

Confrontation (n.) A focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison.

Confrontation (n.), Crim. law, practice. The act by which a witness is brought in the presence of the accused, so that the latter may object to him, if he can, and the former may know and identify the accused, and maintain the truth in his presence. No man can be a witness unless confronted with the accused, except by consent.

Confrontation (n.) [ C or U ] (C2) 對抗;衝突;對峙;爭論 A fight or argument.

// Some couples seem to like confrontation, but Josh and I hardly ever argue.

// There were violent confrontations between police and demonstrators.

Confronte (a.) Same as {Affront['e]}.

Confronter (n.) One who confronts.

Confrontment (n.) 面對;面對面;對質 The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

Confrontment (n.) The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

Confucian (a.) 孔子的;儒教的 Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher.

Confucian (n.) 儒家 A Confucianist.

Confucianism (n.) 孔子思想,儒家思想 The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god.

Confucianist (n.) A follower of Confucius; a Confucian.

Confucius (n.) 孔子 Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC) [syn: {Confucius}, {Kongfuze}, {K'ung Futzu}, {Kong the Master}]

Confus (a.) Confused, disturbed.

Confusability (n.) Capability of being confused.

Confusable (a.) Capable of being confused.

Confuse (a.) Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] -- Baret.

Confused (imp. & p. p.) of Confuse

Confusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confuse

Confuse (v. t.) 把……弄糊塗,使困惑;把……混同,混淆 [+with];搞亂,使混亂 To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.

A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. -- Milton.

Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse

A life that leads melodious days. -- Tennyson.

Confused and sadly she at length replied. -- Pope.

Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See {Abash}.

Confuse (v.) Mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: {confuse}, {confound}].

Confuse (v.) Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: {confuse}, {throw}, {fox}, {befuddle}, {fuddle}, {bedevil}, {confound}, {discombobulate}].

Confuse (v.) Cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" [syn: {confuse}, {flurry}, {disconcert}, {put off}].

Confuse (v.) Assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: {jumble}, {confuse}, {mix up}].

Confuse (v.) Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: {confuse}, {blur}, {obscure}, {obnubilate}].

Confuse (v.) [ T ] (B2) 使困惑,使糊塗;使混亂 To mix up someone's mind or ideas, or to make something difficult to understand.

// You're confusing him! Tell him slowly and one thing at a time.

// Stop confusing the issue (= making the problem unnecessarily difficult)!

Confuse (v.) [ T ] (B2) 將…混同,將…混淆 To mix up two separate things or people in your mind, imagining that they are one.

// You're confusing me with my sister - she's the singer.

// It's easy to confuse his films, because he tends to use the same actors.

Confusedly (adv.) 受困惑地,慌亂地,混亂地 In a confused manner.

Confusedly (adv.) In a confused manner; "Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him".

Confusedness (n.) 混亂,慌亂 A state of confusion. -- Norris.

Confusedness (n.) A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn: {confusion}, {mental confusion}, {confusedness}, {muddiness}, {disarray}].

Confusely (adv.) Confusedly; obscurely. [Obs.]

Confusion (n.) 混亂,混淆,無秩序 The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. -- Whewell.

Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. -- Shak.

Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. -- Spectator.

Confusion (n.) Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. -- Gray.

Confusion (n.) One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] -- Chapmen.

{Confusion of goods} (Law), The intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. -- Blackstone. -- Bouvier.

Confusion (n.) Disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion".

Confusion (n.) A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn: {confusion}, {mental confusion}, {confusedness}, {muddiness}, {disarray}].

Confusion (n.) A feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused [syn: {confusion}, {discombobulation}].

Confusion (n.) An act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel".

Confusion (n.) A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" [syn: {confusion}, {mix-up}].

Confusion (n.) The concurrence of two qualities in the same subject, which mutually destroy each other. Potli. Ob. P. 3, c. 5 3 Bl. Com. 405; Story Bailm. Sec. 40.

Confusion (n.) (B2) [ C or U ] 困惑,糊塗;迷惑不解;混淆 A situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or something is.

// There seems to be some confusion over who is actually giving the talk.

// To avoid confusion, the twins never wore the same clothes.

Confusion (n.) (B2) [ U ] 混亂狀態 A situation, often with a lot of activity and noise, in which people do not know what to do.

// In the confusion after the bomb blast, I lost my bag and wasn't able to stop and look for it.

Confusive (a.) Confusing; having a tendency to confusion.

Confutable (a.) That may be confuted.

Confutant (n.) One who undertakes to confute.

Confutation (n.) 駁倒,駁斥 The act or process of confuting; refutation.

Confutative (a.) Adapted or designed to confute.

Confuted (imp. & p. p.) of Confute

Confuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confute

Confute (v. t.) 駁倒,駁斥 To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Confutement (n.) (Obsolete) A confutation.

Confuter (n.) One who confutes or disproves.

Cong (n.) An abbreviation of Congius.

Conge (n.) The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

Conge (n.) The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.

Conge (n.) An apophyge.

Conge (n.) To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.

Congeable (a.) Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable.

Congealed (imp. & p. p.) of Congeal

Congealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Congeal

Congeal (v. t.) 使凍結;使凝結;使固定;使癱瘓 To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.

Syn: jell, set.

A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed. -- Thomson.

Congeal (v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.

As if with horror to congeal his blood. -- Stirling.

Congeal (v. i.) 凍結;凝結;癱瘓 To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.

Syn: jell, set.

Lest zeal, now melted . . . Cool and congeal again to what it was. -- Shak.

Congeal (v.) Become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: {jell}, {set}, {congeal}].

Congealed (a.)  固化的;结晶的;凝固的 Solidified; as, congealed into jelly.

Syn: jelled, jellied.

Congealed (a.) Congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling; "in Georgia they serve congealed salads" [syn: {congealed}, {jelled}, {jellied}].

Congealable (a.) 可凍結的 Capable of being congealed. -- {Con*geal"a*ble*ness}, n.

Congealedness (n.) The state of being congealed.

Congealment (n.) 凍結;凝結 The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.

Congealment (n.) That which is formed by congelation; a clot. [Obs.]

Wash the congealment from your wounds. -- Shak.

Congealment (n.) The process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing [syn: {congealment}, {congelation}].

Congee (n. & v.) See Conge, Conge.

Congee (n.) Boiled rice; rice gruel.

Congee (n.) A jail; a lockup.

Congelation (n.) The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

Congelation (n.) The state of being congealed.

Congelation (n.) That which is congealed.

Congener (n.) A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

Congeneracy (n.) Similarity of origin; affinity.

Congeneric (a.) Alt. of Congenerical

Congenerical (a.) Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action.

Congenerous (a.) Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases.

Congenial (a.) 同性質的,適意的,趣味相同的 Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.

Congenial (a.) Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition.

Congenial (a.) (Bot.) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted; -- used of plants.

Congenial (a.) Suitable to your needs; "a congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock [ant: {incompatible}, {uncongenial}].

Congenial (a.) (used of plants) Capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted.

Congenial (a.) 友善的;令人愉快的;怡人的 Friendly and pleasant.

// Congenial company/ surroundings.

Congeniality (n.) The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.

Congeniality (n.) [ U ] (Formal) 同性質,同精神,適意 The quality of being friendly and pleasant.

Congenialize (v. t.) To make congenial.

Congenially (adv.) In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.

Congenialness (n.) Congeniality.

Congenious (a.) Congeneric.

Congenital (a.)  天生的;先天的 Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital deformity; a congenital liar. See Connate and native.

Syn: connate; native; inborn; inherited; hereditary.

Congenital (a.) (Specialized) (Medical) (疾病等)天生的,先天的 A congenital disease or condition exists at or from birth.

// A congenital abnormality/ disease.

Congenital (a.) 生就有(某種壞品質)的,生性的 Used to say that someone always shows a particular bad quality.

// A congenital liar.

Congenital scoliosis (n.) 先天性脊柱側彎 Congenital scoliosis is a spinal deformity in which a sideways curvature of the spine is caused by a defect present at birth. The spine may  also be rotated or twisted, pulling the ribs along with it to form a multidimensional curve.

Congenital scoliosis (n.) Occurs in only 1 in 10,000 newborns and is much less common than idiopathic scoliosis, which usually becomes evident  in adolescence. Congenital scoliosis may also be associated with sagittal plane abnormalities such as kyphosis and lordosis.

Congenitally (adv.) 先天地 In a congenital manner.

Congenite (a.) Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital.

Conger (n.) The conger eel; -- called also congeree.

Congeries (n. sing & pl.) A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

Congest (v. t. ) 使充滿,使擁塞,使充血 To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

Congest (v. t. ) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

Congest (v.) (v. i.) 充塞,充血,擁擠 Become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: {clog}, {choke off}, {clog up}, {back up}, {congest}, {choke}, {foul}] [ant: {unclog}].

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