| 释义 |
daunt /dɔːnt/ [transitive, often passive] to make sb feel nervous and less confident about doing sth, because it seems difficult or frightening使胆怯；使气馁；使失去信心◆she was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead.她是个勇敢的女人，但对面前的任务却感到信心不足。 ➡ see also daunting → frightening daunt/dɔ:nt ||; dɔnt/verb [t] (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) to frighten or to worry sb by being too big or difficult （因太大或太难而）（被）吓倒，使胆怯，使担忧: ◇don't be daunted by all the controls -- in fact it's a simple machine to use. 别被所有操纵装置所吓倒，实际上这台机器使用起来很容易。 ➔daunting adj ◇a daunting task 一项令人胆怯的任务 |