daunt

C1 大学

vt. 威吓, 难倒, 使气馁

发音

UK /dɔːnt/
其它 /dɑnt/
US /dɔnt/

词形变化

daunted daunting daunts 三单 daunts daunting 现在分词 daunted 过去式 daunted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使气馁，使畏缩；威吓

释义与例句

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To discourage, intimidate.

    使气馁

    使畏缩

    及物
  2. 2.

    To overwhelm.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

scare dash pall scare away scare off

上位词 1

intimidate

词源

From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, donter (“to tame”), from Latin domitō (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin domō (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Italic *domaō, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.

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