| 单词 | redoubtable |
| 释义 | redoubtable (once / 3922 pages) adj Redoubtable means honorable, maybe even intimidatingly so. If your grandmother worked tirelessly to raise four kids on her own and start her own taxi cab business and to this day, keeps all of her cabbies in line, she is without a doubt redoubtable. The adjective redoubtable traces back to the French word redute, meaning “to dread,” a combination of the prefix re-, which adds emphasis, and duter, which mean “to doubt.” But it isn't the redoubtable person that you doubt — it's yourself or your ability to compete against or be compared to him or her. That's where the dread comes in. But you can learn a lot from and be inspired by redoubtable people, if you can just get over being afraid of them. WORD FAMILYredoubtable: redoubtably+/doubt: doubted, doubter, doubtful, doubting, doubtless, doubts, redoubt, self-doubt, undoubtedly/doubter: doubters/doubtful: doubtfully, doubtfulness/doubtfulness: doubtfulnesses/doubting: doubtingly/doubtless: doubtlessly/redoubt: redoubtable, redoubts USAGE EXAMPLESAll had arm trouble last season, and now the redoubtable Bartolo Colon is gone to Atlanta. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) It was not as important to her to be likable; she could be redoubtable. Time(Nov 29, 2016) The author is known for his redoubtable female characters, and Archer’s acerbic friend Lynette Stanley inhabits her scenes with savvy brio. Washington Post(Oct 25, 2016) 1adj inspiring fear "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston Syn formidable, unnerving alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger 2adj worthy of respect or honor born of a redoubtable family Syn reputable having a good reputation |
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