daunt

英 [dɔːnt] 美 [dɔːnt]

• vt. 使 ... 胆怯；恐吓

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使胆怯；使气馁；使失去信心

   make sb feel nervous and less confident of doing sth

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 使气馁，使泄气，使失去信心
2. 使胆怯，使害怕，使畏缩，恐吓，威吓，吓倒，威胁
3. 难倒

英英释义

Verb:

1. cause to lose courage;

   "dashed by the refusal"
   

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。
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2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。

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

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

词义辨析

v. (动词)

daunt, appal, dismay, horrify

• 这组词的共同意思是“引起惊恐、忧郁或使丧失勇气”。其区别在于:dismay指因前景令人沮丧或对某事束手无策,而失去继续干某事的力量; appal指足以把人吓瘫的恐惧,也指遇到无法改变的、使人惊愕的事或物所表现出的无能为力; daunt强调试图干大胆的事,但被威胁或压制,因而停止或退却; 而horrify指见到令人毛骨悚然的东西时的一种恐惧和发抖的反应,也可指失去尊严所引起的暂时的厌恶感。

近反义词

【近义词】

• deter 阻止
• discourage 阻碍
• frighten 使惊吓
• dishearten 使沮丧
• dismay 沮丧
• scare 受惊吓
• put off 不安
• intimidate 胁迫
• overwhelm 打击
• overawe 威慑
• unnerve 使气馁
• unman 使失去男子气概...
• faze 使担忧
• subdue 使服从
• appall 使 ... 胆寒
• horrify 使恐惧
• demoralize 使士气低落
• scare off 吓跑
• frighten off 吓跑
• scare away 吓跑
• pall 遮盖物
• frighten away 吓跑
• dash 猛冲