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

• You become less daunted about things.
  这会让你变得不那么容易气馁。
• Klorman knows that many young musicians are daunted by the expertise needed to sustain a successful career today.
  克洛曼知道，很多年轻音乐家对今天要保持一个成功的事业所需要的专业技能感到惶恐。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yes, they drive on the left, but don't be daunted.
  没错，他们靠左行驶，但别被吓到。
• But what if employees are so daunted by the seeming enormity of the task before them that they mentally disengage?
  但是，如果员工被面前貌似艰巨的任务吓倒、以至于心理上产生隔阂，那该怎么办？
• Robert Horton, then boss of BP, proudly explained how he had had the ceiling of his vast office specially lowered in order to make visitors feel less daunted by meeting him.
  时任英国石油公司（BP）老板的罗伯特•霍顿（RobertHorton）自豪地解释，为了减少来访者对与他见面的恐惧感，他请人将他那间巨大办公室的天花板特别降低了一些。
• 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？
• The lion was daunted;
  狮子终于被驯服了；
• 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。