daunt

英 [dɔːnt]

美 [dɔːnt]

v.  使胆怯; 使气馁; 使失去信心

过去分词：daunted　过去式：daunted　第三人称单数：daunts　现在分词：daunting　

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BNC.19635 / COCA.23838

同义词辨析

discouragedaunt【导航词义：使泄气】

习惯用语

v.

nothing daunted
• 无所畏惧；毫不气馁
  confident about sth difficult you have to do
• Nothing daunted, the people set about rebuilding their homes.
  人们毫不气馁，又开始重建家园。

牛津词典

verb

• 使胆怯；使气馁；使失去信心
  to make sb feel nervous and less confident about doing sth
  1. 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。

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

verb

• cause to lose courage
  1. dashed by the refusal
  Synonym:dashscare offpallfrighten offscare awayfrighten awayscare

双语例句

• But I didn't let that daunt me.
  但我没让这阻拦我。
• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.
  再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
• 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。
• No threat can daunt us.
  什么威胁也吓不倒我们。
• Danger didn't daunt the hero.
  危险并没有吓住那位英雄。
• Such tactics did not daunt Tom johnson.
  这种伎俩没有吓倒汤姆？约翰逊。
• The difficulty did not daunt him.
  那种困难吓不倒他。
• Danger did not daunt the hero.
  危险并没有吓倒这位英雄。
• Her refusal, though unexpected, did not permanently daunt Clare.
  苔丝的拒绝虽然出乎意外，但是这也不会长期让克莱尔气馁。
• Only heroes can quell tigers and leopards. And wild bears never daunt the brave.
  独有英雄驱虎豹，更无豪杰怕熊罴。