daunted

英 [ˈdɔːntɪd]

美 [ˈdɔːntɪd]

v.  使胆怯; 使气馁; 使失去信心
daunt的过去分词和过去式

过去式：daunted　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使胆怯;使气馁
  If somethingdauntsyou, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• caused to show discomposure
  1. refused to be fazed by the objections
  Synonym:botheredfazed

双语例句

• At an MBA fair in New York I felt daunted by the number of programmes.
  在纽约的一次mba展会上，参展课程的数量之多让我惊诧。
• 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。
• A long term of imprisonment and a dramatic escape had not daunted his fighting spirit.
  长期的监禁及一次戏剧性的潜逃，并未挫折他的战斗精神。
• A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love.
  便是一个农夫，一个猎户，一个兵或一个记者，甚至一个哲学家都可能吓得不敢来的，但是什么也不能阻止一个诗人，他是从纯粹的爱的动机出发的。
• He was not at all daunted by this advice, considering himself quite an accomplished drinker.
  可惜他自恃很擅长喝酒，根本不把我的忠告当回事儿。
• Even Xiangzi was daunted.
  连祥子都有些胆怯了！
• Never have we been daunted by difficulties.
  我们任何时辰都没有被困难吓倒过。
• Daunted, he said, As you say, I shouldn't go because of my poor ability.
  他说：「看来以我目前的能力是不应该去了。
• The lion was daunted;
  狮子终于被驯服了；
• Robert Horton, then boss of BP, proudly explained how he had had the ceiling of his vast office specially lowered in order to make visitors feel less daunted by meeting him.
  时任英国石油公司（BP）老板的罗伯特•霍顿（RobertHorton）自豪地解释，为了减少来访者对与他见面的恐惧感，他请人将他那间巨大办公室的天花板特别降低了一些。