daunt
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they daunt | |
| he / she / it daunts | |
| past simple daunted | |
| past participle daunted | |
| -ing form daunting |
- daunt somebody
to make somebody feel nervous and less confident about doing something 使胆怯；使气馁；使失去信心 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 had struggled with problems that would daunt the most energetic and resourceful of people. 她曾与那些会让最有活力、最足智多谋的人望而却步的问题作斗争。 The prospect of going in a helicopter rather daunts me. 一想到要乘直升机去，我就很害怕。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French danter, from Latin domitare, frequentative of domare ‘to tame’.