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daunt

美 [dɔːnt]英 [dɔːnt]
  • vt.使胆怯,使气馁;威吓,吓倒;使失去信心

派生词: daunting adj.;dauntingly adv. 过去式: daunted 现在分词: daunting 过去分词: daunted 第三人称单数: daunts

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verb

VN使胆怯;使气馁;使失去信心
to make sb feel nervous and less confident about doing sth

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。

intimidate
习语

daunt

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  • 1
    VERB 使胆怯;使气馁
    If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.

    ...a gruelling journey that would have daunted a woman half her age...

    比她年轻一半的女子都会胆怯的累人旅程

  • It is hard to pick up such a book and not to feel a little daunted.

    捧起这样一本书难免会让人有些畏惧情绪。

verb

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cause to lose courage
dashed by the refusal
Synonym: dash scare off pall frighten off scare away frighten away scare

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  1. The task before us is a daunting one .

    我们面临的任务令人胆怯。

  2. Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect .

    开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。

  3. She has the daunting task of cooking for 20 people every day .

    她每天得做20个人的饭,这是一项可怕的任务。

  4. Travelling alone around the world is a daunting prospect .

    想象着将要只身走遍世界颇令人心悸。

  5. Nothing daunted , the people set about rebuilding their homes .

    人们毫不气馁,又开始重建家园。

  6. 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。

  7. They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house

    他们面临着修复房子的艰巨任务。

  8. I 'm somewhat daunted by the size of the task .

    我有点儿被这项任务的规模吓着了。

  9. Occasionally I find the commitment and responsibility daunting .

    偶尔我会觉得这一承诺和责任让人望而却步。

  10. The move to Prague was a daunting prospect for the bishop

    对于主教来说,要迁往布拉格有点儿令人发憷。

  11. She felt daunted by the prospect of studying abroad .

    她一想到要出国留学就感到害怕。

  12. He has never been daunted by difficulties .

    他从未被困难吓倒过。

  13. Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us .

    再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。

  14. 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。

  15. Workload statistics teaching information management is a daunting task in the traditional campus .

    教师教学工作量统计在传统的校园信息管理中总是一项令人头痛的任务。

  16. In general , the variety is good , but it can also be daunting .

    通常来讲,多样性是件好事,但是它也会让人觉得害怕。

  17. Because although these problems are daunting , they do have solutions .

    因为,尽管这些问题令人生畏,但还是有解决办法的。

  18. Tracking issues in a large-scale environment can be daunting .

    跟踪大规模环境中的问题可能令人畏惧。

  19. Building services with these concepts in mind can be a daunting task .

    将服务与这些概念绑定在一起是一项艰难的任务。

  20. Anger can be a daunting emotion for many people to express .

    很多人都不敢表达愤怒这种情绪。

  21. On the content side , the challenges are equally daunting .

    在内容方面,这些具有挑战性的问题令人生畏。

  22. Congratulations on getting through such a tough and daunting application process .

    恭喜你们通过了艰难繁琐的申请程序。

  23. Even full-time , commercially employed professional development teams find the process daunting .

    即使全职的、商业的专业开发团队,也会对这个过程感到畏惧。

  24. But bringing off a full recovery is a daunting challenge .

    但是要全面恢复是一个令人畏惧的挑战。

  25. This may seem daunting , but it is actually quite easy to achieve .

    这可能看上去令人畏缩,但实际上却很容易实现。

  26. However , enabling SaaS architecture on an existing application could be a daunting task

    但是,把现有的应用系统改造为SaaS架构可能是一个艰巨的任务

  27. And it is especially daunting for a long journey .

    而替长途旅程整理行囊更是令人退却。

  28. It is a daunting prospect for a party so recently formed .

    对一个新近成立的政党来说,这一前景令人气馁。

  29. The still more daunting problem is that all other courses may very well be worse .

    更可怕的问题在于,其它所有道路很可能更为黯淡。

  30. The government now faces the daunting task of restructuring the entire health service .

    政府正面临着改组整个医疗保健业的艰难任务。

discourage daunt 【导航词义:使泄气】
discourage v. 使灰心,使泄气
〔辨析〕

使某人失去信心或泄气。

〔例证〕

One failure after another discouraged him a lot.

接二连三的失败让他非常灰心。

How can you let one failure discourage you?

你怎么能失败一次就泄气了呢?

daunt v. 使气馁,使害怕
〔辨析〕

使某人对某事物心生畏惧或信心不足,通常用被动语态。

〔例证〕

He has never been daunted by difficulties.

他从未被困难吓倒过。

She felt daunted by the prospect of studying abroad.

她一想到要出国留学就感到害怕。

  • 习语

v.

nothing daunted

无所畏惧;毫不气馁
confident about sth difficult you have to do

Nothing daunted, the people set about rebuilding their homes.

人们毫不气馁,又开始重建家园。