音标:[dɔ:ntid] ;
v. 使(某人)气馁, 威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 )
imp. & p. p. of Daunt

daunt的用法和样例:

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. Danger didn't daunt the hero.危险并没有吓住那英雄。
  2. I was rather daunted by the thought of addressing such an audience.我一想到要对这样的听众讲话,就有些胆小。
  3. No difficulties in the world can daunt us.世界上任何困难都吓不倒我们。
  4. Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+ ~+n./pron.
  1. Danger did not daunt the hero.危险并没有吓倒这位英雄。
  2. 1
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
其他
  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。
  2. It is a daunting prospect for a party so recently formed.对一个新近成立的政党来说,这一前景令人极其气馁。
  3. She was a fine though somewhat daunting director.她是个很好的主管,虽说有点令人望而生畏。
  4. She has the daunting task of cooking for 20 people every day.她每天得做20个人的饭,这是一项可怕的任务。
  5. Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
nothing daunted
    无所畏惧;毫不气馁confident about sth difficult you have to do

经典引文

  • I had felt a little daunted by the extreme modishness of her clothes and by her poise.

    出自:W. Plomer
  • Such barriers to religion, which daunt those not brought up to them.

    出自:R. Macaulay
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