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单词 redoubtable
释义
redoubtablere‧doubt‧a‧ble /rɪˈdaʊtəbəl/ adjective literary Word Origin
WORD ORIGINredoubtable
Origin:
1300-1400 French redouter ‘to fear’, from douter ‘to doubt’
Examples
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  • 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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