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单词 daunt
释义
daunt
verb[Toften passive]
uk
/dɔːnt/us
/dɑːnt/
to make someonefeelslightlyfrightenedorworriedabouttheirabilitytoachievesomething:
使吓倒；使气馁
She was not at all daunted by thesizeof theproblem.她丝毫也没有被问题的严重性吓住。
Synonym
discourage(MAKE LESS CONFIDENT)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Discouraging and putting off
  • aversive
  • cold
  • daunting
  • deter
  • deterrence
  • deterrent
  • discouraging
  • disempower
  • disempowering
  • dishearten
  • disheartening
  • emasculate
  • pour/throw cold water onsomethingidiom
  • put a spoke insomeone'swheelidiom
  • putsomethingoff
  • spoil
  • spoilsomeone'spartyidiom
  • spoke
  • throw
  • wind
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Idiom

nothing daunted
(Definition ofdauntfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

daunt| American Dictionary

daunt
verb[T]
us
/dɔnt,dɑnt/
to make someonefeelslightlyfrightenedorworriedabout his or herabilitytoachievesomething; todiscourage:
She’s not at all daunted bycriticism.

daunting

adjectiveus
/ˈdɔn·tɪŋ,ˈdɑn-/
Reforming thewelfaresystemis a dauntingtask.
(Definition ofdauntfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdaunt

daunt
The breadth of the period considered is both daunting and laudable, providing big contexts and allowing the formulation of big questions and answers.
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Without the simplifying assumption of ministerial autonomy, there can be little doubt that the task will be a daunting one.
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Moreover, it is a truly daunting task to find the needle you are looking for in the enormous haystack of documents that search-engines return.
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Although the number of different versions of the paradigm may seem daunting, their definition and use is well motivated, and their interrelations are carefully defined.
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Such fatalism comes easily to societies beset by daunting and uncontrollable factors.
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They are, however, much too long, and they leave the reader the daunting task of separating the wheat from the chaff.
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The state management problem would be daunting without widespread voluntary action by workers.
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However, with the advent of the computer such daunting detail and comprehensiveness is more than readily supported by growing database technology and methodology.
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The lacuna is especially daunting in state-building historiography.
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Another important reason is the daunting methodological problem involved in describing lexical progression in terms of network building.
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In any case, the prospects of drawing up a globally defined function for both feasibility and desirability are daunting.
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His energy was remarkable and little daunted him.
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The abundance of technical manuals for various instruments is daunting, and a review of these will not be attempted here.
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I find assessment, timing, and context to be daunting enough goals.
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One daunting pitfall is the often complex notation.
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