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单词 daunt
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Definition of daunt in English:

daunt

verb dɔːnt
[with object]
  • Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.

    some people are daunted by technology
    Example sentencesExamples
    • No situation now daunts him, nor does any opponent.
    • As far as going back into management is concerned, no it doesn't daunt me.
    • There is no task that will daunt this dedicated team.
    • It is an exercise that would have daunted people far younger than him.
    • Now, here we were as pensioners, setting out on an expedition that might have daunted us when we were teenagers.
    • He isn't daunted by the attention the tattoo will attract.
    • Iruwan admits that he is slightly daunted by the prospect of racing in front of his home crowd.
    • Even the prospect of getting down to taxing schoolwork did not daunt Amy.
    • Denise isn't daunted about hosting her own show, and doesn't worry about what the press say.
    • Despite his troubles, he said, ‘While God gives me strength, failure will not daunt me.’
    • One month into her new role, she isn't daunted by the enormous challenge facing her.
    • The young sailor is not daunted in what will be his longest single handed spell at sea.
    • Meantime, the challenges of being Rector of Dundee should not daunt Kelly, with her empathetic skills, campaigning experience and endless enthusiasm.
    • True, the country's problems would daunt any leader, but he has not addressed any of them effectively after a year in office.
    • Hard work never daunted him and when his wife Nora died 32 years ago, he raised his family of nine.
    • Most of my travels having been to hot places, I was daunted at the prospect of such cold - but the invitation was irresistible.
    • ‘Sustaining 100 per cent growth is new to us, but it is not something that daunts us,’ he said.
    • If he was daunted by the magnitude of the task, Gurley's public persona did not display it.
    • Mr Bridges, who served in the Army, police force and was also a publican, said he was not daunted by public speaking.
    • The prospect of transplant surgery does not daunt her.
    Synonyms
    intimidate, abash, take aback, shake, ruffle, throw, demoralize, discourage
    deter, put off, dishearten, dispirit, deject, sap, cow, overawe, awe, frighten, scare, alarm, unman, dismay, distress, disconcert, discompose, perturb, upset, discomfit, unsettle, unnerve, disquiet, subdue
    throw off balance, put someone off their stroke, cause someone to lose their composure, confound, panic, stupefy, stun
    informal rattle, faze, put into a flap, throw into a tizz, discombobulate, shake up, psych
    British informal put the wind up

Phrases

  • nothing daunted

    • Without having been made fearful or apprehensive.

      nothing daunted, the committee set to work
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The week before's outdoor session was rained off, but nothing daunted the members adjourned to the clubroom where an impromptu portraiture session was set up, with members being put through their paces by Michael O'Sullivan.
      • When the propeller blade had split in the air, several splinters of wood had flown off, but Bennett, nothing daunted, shaped new bits out of a packing case to fill the gaps.
      • Carolino did not know English but, nothing daunted, he used an English / French phrase book and a French / Portuguese phrase book to produce a yet to be determined language.
      • As they came up they were met with a thick shower of arrows; but nothing daunted, they pushed on in true Highland fashion.
      • But he had a big local following and nothing daunted, won a seat on the Council.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French danter, from Latin domitare, frequentative of domare 'to tame'.

Rhymes

avaunt, flaunt, gaunt, haunt, jaunt, taunt, vaunt
 
 

Definition of daunt in US English:

daunt

verb
[with object]usually be daunted
  • Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.

    some people are daunted by technology
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hard work never daunted him and when his wife Nora died 32 years ago, he raised his family of nine.
    • Denise isn't daunted about hosting her own show, and doesn't worry about what the press say.
    • It is an exercise that would have daunted people far younger than him.
    • One month into her new role, she isn't daunted by the enormous challenge facing her.
    • The prospect of transplant surgery does not daunt her.
    • ‘Sustaining 100 per cent growth is new to us, but it is not something that daunts us,’ he said.
    • There is no task that will daunt this dedicated team.
    • If he was daunted by the magnitude of the task, Gurley's public persona did not display it.
    • Iruwan admits that he is slightly daunted by the prospect of racing in front of his home crowd.
    • Mr Bridges, who served in the Army, police force and was also a publican, said he was not daunted by public speaking.
    • Now, here we were as pensioners, setting out on an expedition that might have daunted us when we were teenagers.
    • Meantime, the challenges of being Rector of Dundee should not daunt Kelly, with her empathetic skills, campaigning experience and endless enthusiasm.
    • He isn't daunted by the attention the tattoo will attract.
    • The young sailor is not daunted in what will be his longest single handed spell at sea.
    • As far as going back into management is concerned, no it doesn't daunt me.
    • Even the prospect of getting down to taxing schoolwork did not daunt Amy.
    • No situation now daunts him, nor does any opponent.
    • Most of my travels having been to hot places, I was daunted at the prospect of such cold - but the invitation was irresistible.
    • Despite his troubles, he said, ‘While God gives me strength, failure will not daunt me.’
    • True, the country's problems would daunt any leader, but he has not addressed any of them effectively after a year in office.
    Synonyms
    intimidate, abash, take aback, shake, ruffle, throw, demoralize, discourage

Phrases

  • nothing daunted

    • Without having been made fearful or apprehensive.

      nothing daunted, the committee set to work
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Carolino did not know English but, nothing daunted, he used an English / French phrase book and a French / Portuguese phrase book to produce a yet to be determined language.
      • The week before's outdoor session was rained off, but nothing daunted the members adjourned to the clubroom where an impromptu portraiture session was set up, with members being put through their paces by Michael O'Sullivan.
      • But he had a big local following and nothing daunted, won a seat on the Council.
      • When the propeller blade had split in the air, several splinters of wood had flown off, but Bennett, nothing daunted, shaped new bits out of a packing case to fill the gaps.
      • As they came up they were met with a thick shower of arrows; but nothing daunted, they pushed on in true Highland fashion.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French danter, from Latin domitare, frequentative of domare ‘to tame’.

 
 
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