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

• Their guide deserted them, but nothing daunted, they pressed on into the jungle.
  向导离他们而去，但是他们毫不气馁，仍向森林进发。
• 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。
• 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。
• The lion was daunted;
  狮子终于被驯服了；
• You may well be daunted by this bleak prospect.
  你很可能会因这一暗淡的前景感到气馁了吧。
• Even Xiangzi was daunted.
  连祥子都有些胆怯了！
• Yes, they drive on the left, but don't be daunted.
  没错，他们靠左行驶，但别被吓到。
• But the young tailor wasn't to be daunted. "Nothing venture, nothing win," he commented cheerfully.
  但是小裁缝并不气馁。“不如虎穴，焉得虎子。”他还是很开心的说道。
• 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。
• There's good news if you're feeling daunted by the complexity of writing a large Ajax application using the techniques demonstrated here.
  如果使用这里演示的技术编写大型Ajax应用程序的复杂性让您觉得恐慌，那么有好消息给您。