daunt是什么意思？

daunt

英[dɔ:nt] 美[dɔnt, dɑnt]

• vt. 使（某人）气馁，威吓；

第三人称单数：daunts;

过去式：daunted;

过去分词：daunted;

现在分词：daunting;

副词：dauntingly;

形容词：daunting;

例句

• Danger did not daunt the hero. 危险并没有吓倒这位英雄。
• Unarmed policemen did not daunt him, neither did the cars in the streets. 不要说是个赤手空拳的巡警, 就是那满街横行的汽车,他也不怕.
• The difficulty did not daunt him. 那种困难吓不倒他.
• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们.

同义词

• vt.
  daunt的同义词之：吓倒;使气馁,使畏缩
  deter, dismay, discourage, appall, horrify, frighten, dishearten,
• daunt的同义词之：其他释义
  frighten, deter, discourage, demoralize, dishearten,

词组

• nothing daunted
  without having been made fearful or apprehensive 毫不畏惧

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使(某人)气馁, 威吓
  Danger did not daunt the hero. 危险并没有吓倒这位英雄。 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。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. cause to lose courage;
  "dashed by the refusal"