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单词
redoubtable
释义
redoubtable
re‧doubt‧a‧ble
/
rɪˈdaʊtəb
ə
l
/
adjective
literary
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
redoubtable
Origin:
1300-1400
French
redouter
‘to fear’
, from
douter
‘to doubt’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
All the same, Amstrad seems to be an unnecessarily tough test, even for the
redoubtable
Mr Potter.
He was a
redoubtable
debater with a caustic tongue in polemics and a nice touch in irony in writing.
It is sponsored by champagne house Veuve Clicquot, founded by the
redoubtable
Mme Clicquot.
Nevertheless I had a brief affair with the
redoubtable
Maud.
She was rechristened Nancy Blackett in honour of the
redoubtable
Amazon pirate who had, in a sense, paid for her.
Smiles all round as Alton men thankfully take possession against the
redoubtable
ladies.
Then a flaring swish as its propellant ignited, accelerating it helter-skelter accumulating
redoubtable
kinetic energy.
Then came the Edrichs and the
redoubtable
Rought-Roughts.
someone who is redoubtable is a person you respect or fear
:
He had never met a more redoubtable fighter.
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