daunt
英 [dɔːnt]
美 [dɔːnt]
v. 使胆怯; 使气馁; 使失去信心
过去分词：daunted 过去式：daunted 第三人称单数：daunts 现在分词：daunting
BNC.19635 / COCA.23838
同义词辨析
discouragedaunt【导航词义：使泄气】
discouragev. 使灰心，使泄气
〔辨析〕
使某人失去信心或泄气。
〔例证〕
One failure after another discouraged him a lot.
接二连三的失败让他非常灰心。
How can you let one failure discourage you?
你怎么能失败一次就泄气了呢？
接二连三的失败让他非常灰心。
How can you let one failure discourage you?
你怎么能失败一次就泄气了呢？
dauntv. 使气馁，使害怕
〔辨析〕
使某人对某事物心生畏惧或信心不足，通常用被动语态。
〔例证〕
He has never been daunted by difficulties.
他从未被困难吓倒过。
She felt daunted by the prospect of studying abroad.
她一想到要出国留学就感到害怕。
他从未被困难吓倒过。
She felt daunted by the prospect of studying abroad.
她一想到要出国留学就感到害怕。
习惯用语
v.
- nothing daunted
- 无所畏惧；毫不气馁
confident about sth difficult you have to do - Nothing daunted, the people set about rebuilding their homes.
人们毫不气馁，又开始重建家园。
牛津词典
verb
- 使胆怯；使气馁；使失去信心
to make sb feel nervous and less confident about doing sth- 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。
- She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead.
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.- ...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 - 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。
- ...a gruelling journey that would have daunted a woman half her age...
英英释义
verb
- cause to lose courage
- dashed by the refusal