daunted
past simple and past participle ofdaunt
| 单词 | daunted |
| 释义 | daunted past simple and past participle ofdaunt daunt verb[Toften passive] uk/dɔːnt/us/dɑːnt/to make someonefeelslightlyfrightenedorworriedabouttheirabilitytoachievesomething: She was not at all daunted by thesizeof theproblem. Synonym discourage(MAKE LESS CONFIDENT) Discouraging and putting off
Idiomnothing daunted Examplesofdaunteddaunted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Teachers weredauntedby the idea of singing, especially if unsure of their own voice and their ability to stay in tune. From theCambridge English Corpus His energy was remarkable and littledauntedhim. From theCambridge English Corpus He is neverdauntedby the apparent complexity of a mathematical problem and cheerfully sets about bringing it into a more tractable form. From theCambridge English Corpus I was becomingdauntedby this supposedly 'sociological' object with its lack of context. From theCambridge English Corpus Sometimes the tone becomes negative, with a lot of rules: like a book on pregnancy, it catalogues so many things that can go wrong that an actor could feeldaunted. From theCambridge English Corpus I amdauntedby the author's assumption that authorship can be ascribed equally to the effects and conditions of weather as to the creativity of the architect! From theCambridge English Corpus Such prescriptions remaindaunted, however, by the inability of the dualistic account to explain why these same institutions have not been in place from the beginning. From theCambridge English Corpus I feeldauntedto be speaking in such stellar company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are so many incalculables that there must be failures, but we should not bedaunted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The fighting was very severe and the losses heavy, but nothingdauntedthem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He would perhaps have beendauntedby the prospect of responding to so many excellent speeches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me at least not bedauntedby his signs of refusal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even, apparently, rich men aredauntedby the scale of the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem of rents is very difficult and hasdauntedmost of us who have served on local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Parents will be very much lessdauntedby schools if the school's existence depends on their bringing their child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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