daunt的过去式

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

1.使胆怯;使气馁
If somethingdaunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.

e.g. ...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
e.g. 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。

1. daunt什么意思

1. 恐吓：五个阿姨(vaunt)在一起吹牛,还打了不会飞的阿姨,恐吓(daunt)她,阿姨在闲逛(saunter) 时到处乱看,有人趁其不备,踢阿姨,嘲弄(taunt)她,把她踢死了,后来在一个月黑风高的夜里,有人看到阿姨一个人在家里走来走去,那是阿姨常去的地方,

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2. 威吓：dauernarkose 持续麻醉法持续麻醉法 |daunt 威吓 | dawn insomnia 黎明失眠症黎明失眠症

3. 恐吓,威胁：jaunt 短途旅行 |daunt 恐吓,威胁 | saunter 闲逛,四处逛

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。

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。

• 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

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。