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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 old man's threats.
  他被那老头的威胁吓住了。
• 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。
• 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？
• Yes, they drive on the left, but don't be daunted.
  没错，他们靠左行驶，但别被吓到。
• 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。
• 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。
• A sustained level of global equity prices will be critical if banks are to recapitalise themselves at the higher levels daunted investors now require.
  如果银行想要遵照担惊受怕的投资者目前的要求，在更高股价水平上对自己进行增资，那么，一个稳定的全球股价水平至关重要。