| 词汇 | daunted |
| 释义 | daunted past simple and past participle ofdaunt daunt verb[ Toften passive ] uk /dɔːnt/ us /dɑːnt/ to make someone feel slightly frightened or worried about their ability to achieve something: 使吓倒；使气馁 She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.她丝毫也没有被问题的严重性吓住。 Synonym discourage(MAKE LESS CONFIDENT) Discouraging and putting off aversive cold dampen someone's enthusiasm dampen someone's spirits dampener on something daunt deterrence deterrent discourage discouragement discouraging dishearteningly disincentive emasculate emasculation pour/throw cold water on somethingidiom put a spoke in someone's wheelidiom spoke throw unencouraging Idiomnothing daunted Examples of daunteddaunted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Teachers were daunted by the idea of singing, especially if unsure of their own voice and their ability to stay in tune. His energy was remarkable and little daunted him. He is never daunted by the apparent complexity of a mathematical problem and cheerfully sets about bringing it into a more tractable form. I was becoming daunted by this supposedly 'sociological' object with its lack of context. Sometimes the tone becomes negative, with a lot of rules: like a book on pregnancy, it catalogues so many things that can go wrong that an actor could feel daunted. I am daunted by the author's assumption that authorship can be ascribed equally to the effects and conditions of weather as to the creativity of the architect! Such prescriptions remain daunted, however, by the inability of the dualistic account to explain why these same institutions have not been in place from the beginning. I feel daunted to be speaking in such stellar company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are so many incalculables that there must be failures, but we should not be daunted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fighting was very severe and the losses heavy, but nothing daunted them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He would perhaps have been daunted by the prospect of responding to so many excellent speeches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me at least not be daunted by his signs of refusal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even, apparently, rich men are daunted by the scale of the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem of rents is very difficult and has daunted most of us who have served on local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Parents will be very much less daunted by schools if the school's existence depends on their bringing their child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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