daunt

[US]/dɔːnt/
[UK]/dɔːnt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 使气馁,使畏缩;威吓
Word Forms
过去分词daunted
第三人称单数daunts
现在分词daunting
过去式daunted
复数daunts

Phrases & Collocations

dauntless

无畏的

daunting task

艰巨的任务

daunted by challenges

被挑战吓倒

daunting experience

令人气馁的经历

Example Sentences

some people are daunted by technology.

有些人被科技吓倒。

Danger didn't daunt the hero.

危险并没有吓住那位英雄。

Danger did not daunt the hero.

危险并没有吓倒这位英雄。

nothing daunted, the committee set to work.

委员会无所畏惧地开始工作了。

he went at things with a daunting eagerness.

他处理起事情来,总是像个拼命三郎。

She was daunted by the amount of work still to be done .

她被那大批待做的工作吓倒了。

He was not to be daunted by the most gigantic word in the dictionary.

词典上最长的词也难不倒他。

She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.

她一点也不为问题的严重性所吓倒。

He was daunted by the high quality of work they expected.

他被他们对工作的高品质的要求吓倒了。

She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead.

她是一个勇敢的女人, 但对面前的任务却感到信心不足。

Nothing daunted, the people set about rebuilding their homes after the fire.

大火过后,人们毫不气馁,又开始重建家园。

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