daunts是什么意思？

daunts

• v. 使（某人）气馁，威吓( daunt的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• The idea of these huge airliners carrying hundreds of people daunts me. 想到这些大型客机要运载好几百个人,我就觉得可怕.

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。