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

• The lion was daunted;
  狮子终于被驯服了；
• 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。
• Yes, they drive on the left, but don't be daunted.
  没错，他们靠左行驶，但别被吓到。
• He was daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
  他被那许多要做的事弄得灰心丧气。
• He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task.
  他试图激励并且把自己的热情传递给他的朋友们，但是他们都被这个任务吓到了。
• You become less daunted about things.
  这会让你变得不那么容易气馁。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。