redoubtable

a. 可怕的, 厉害的, 可敬的

发音

UK /ɹɪˈdaʊtəbl̩/
其它
US /ɹəˈdaʊtəb(ə)l/
US /ɹi-/
US /-ɾə-/

词形变化

redoubtables 复数 more redoubtable 比较级 most redoubtable 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who elicits respect.

    幽默 复数形式
  2. 2.

    A person who elicits dread or fear; a formidable person.

    复数形式
adj.
  1. 1.

    Especially of a person.

    Eliciting respect; awe-inspiring, imposing.

    幽默

    The redoubtable New York Times has been called the “newspaper of record” of the United States.

  2. 2.

    Especially of a person.

    Eliciting dread or fear; appalling, formidable.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

formidable unnerving

近义相关 2

alarming reputable

词源

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English redoutable (“worthy of honour, venerable; frightening, terrible”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman redoutable and Middle French redoutable, redoubtable, from Old French redotable (modern French redoutable), from redoter (“to fear”) (whence Middle French redoubter, redouter, French redouter) + -able (suffix meaning ‘deserving of, worthy of’). Redoter is derived from re- (intensifying prefix) + doter (“to doubt; to fear”) (from Latin dubitō (“to doubt, be uncertain, waver in opinion”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“apart, asunder; two”) + *bʰuH- (“to appear; to be; to become; to grow”), in the sense of being in two minds). The noun is derived from the adjective.

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