daunt

英 [dɔːnt] 美
  • vt. 使气馁,使畏缩;威吓
  • n. (Daunt)人名;(英)当特

CET6+TEM8GRE常用词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: daunts;过去式: daunted;过去分词: daunted;现在分词: daunting;副词: dauntingly;形容词: daunting;

助记提示


1. 打姑姑 —— 打姑姑,你不下来,不然打你, 姑姑(因为得了某种病,所以变得跟个老顽童似的)都一大把年纪了,还跟个老顽童似的,调皮、捣乱、让人不省心,所以打姑姑来吓她,使她害怕。让她安分一些。
2. 杨过不听话、很调皮,所以小龙女姑姑就打他来吓唬他、恐吓他、威吓他、使他害怕,让他安分些。
3. 打姑姑 -> 你不嫁我,我就打你姑姑。-> 恐吓。
4. 李莫愁为了逼杨过交出玉女心经,就对杨过说:你如果不交出玉女心经,我就打你姑姑,并一把揪住小龙女姑姑恐吓杨过。
5. 打姑姑 => 打人的姑姑,爱打人的姑姑。=> 我们很调皮,姑姑就经常打我们来吓唬我们,使我们害怕。
6. 打你姑姑来威胁你。
7. Daunt:daun倒,t看成tui(拼音)退,吓得倒退----使胆怯,使畏缩。

中文词源


daunt 畏惧

来自拉丁语domitare, 统治,驯服,词源同dominate, tame. 拼写参照同源词danger.

英英释意


1. cause to lose courage;
"dashed by the refusal"

英文词源


daunt
daunt: see tame
daunt (v.)
c. 1300, "to vanquish," from Old French danter, variant of donter (12c., Modern French dompter) "be afraid of, fear, doubt; control, restrain," from Latin domitare, frequentative of domare "to tame" (see tame (v.)). Sense of "to intimidate" is from late 15c. Related: Daunted; daunting.

词组搭配


nothing daunted

without having been made fearful or apprehensive

毫不畏惧

nothing daunted, the committee set to work.

委员会无所畏惧地开始工作了。

实用场景例句


Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.
再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The difficulty did not daunt him.
那种困难吓不倒他.

辞典例句

Unarmed policemen did not daunt him, neither did the cars in the streets.
不要说是个赤手空拳的巡警, 就是那满街横行的汽车,他也不怕.

汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

Once we master it, no material difficulty can daunt us.
我们学会了这一条, 我们就对一切物质困难都不怕了.

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Any affairs in the world can't daunt the outstanding Chinese people.
天下事难不倒锐意进取的中国人民.

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No threat can daunt us.
什么威胁也吓不倒我们.

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Yhough the prospect of a north wall may daunt new gardeners, it presents few problems.
尽管一堵北面的墙其设计前景可能让园艺新手们气馁, 但它对攀援植物来说却没什么问题.

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Their guide deserted them, but, nothing daunt, they press 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.

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Only heroes can quell tigers and leopards. And wild bears never daunt the brave.
独有英雄驱虎豹, 更无豪杰怕熊罴.

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