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

• A long term of imprisonment and a dramatic escape had not daunted his fighting spirit.
  长期的监禁及一次戏剧性的潜逃，并未挫折他的战斗精神。
• A communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted.
  留给人丧气或胆怯的信息交流。
• Still daunted by the thought of reprogramming your VCR, let alone your newfangled DVD?
  还在想着要给你的录像机（更不用说最新流行的dvd）重新编制程序吗？
• Initial audit and repeat engagement He was daunted by his first date.
  初次审计和再度续约首次的约会使他畏怯。
• 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。
• The lion was daunted;
  狮子终于被驯服了；
• 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。
• You may find yourself daunted by the many things you need to do in order to reach your goals.
  你会发现你自己对你为了达到目标需要做的许多事情感到沮丧。
• 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。
• Even Xiangzi was daunted.
  连祥子都有些胆怯了！