[VERB 动词]使胆怯;使气馁 If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
[V n]
...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
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。
daunted
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。
Oxford
daunt/dɔːnt; NAmEdɔːnt/verb[usually passive ]dauntsb to make sb feel nervous and less confident about doing sth 使胆怯;使气馁;使失去信心SYN
intimidate
◆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。▶daunt·ing/dɔːntɪŋ; NAmEdɔːntɪŋ/adjectiveSYN
intimidating
◆She has the daunting taskof 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。◆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。daunt·ing·ly/dɔːntɪŋli; NAmEdɔːntɪŋli/adverbIDIOMnothing ˈdaunted( BrE) ( formal) confident about sth difficult you have to do 无所畏惧;毫不气馁◆Nothing daunted, the people set about rebuilding their homes.人们毫不气馁,又开始重建家园。dauntdauntsdaunteddauntingdaunt/dɔːnt; NAmEdɔːnt/daunt·ing/dɔːntɪŋ; NAmEdɔːntɪŋ/daunt·ing·ly/dɔːntɪŋli; NAmEdɔːntɪŋli/
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dauntdaunt /dɔːnt $ dɒːnt/ verb [transitive]
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1to make someone feel afraid or less confident about something: He felt utterly daunted by the prospect of moving to another country. Don’t be daunted by all the technology.2nothing daunted old-fashioned used to say that someone continues or starts to do something in spite of difficulties: It was steep but, nothing daunted, he started climbing.GRAMMARDaunt is usually passive.
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