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daunt
UK [dɔ:nt] US [dɑ:nt] verb transitive often passive
■to make someone feel slightly frightened or worried about their ability to achieve something; to discourage 使吓倒；使气馁•She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.她丝毫也没有被问题的严重性吓住。
UK [dɔ:nt] US [dɑ:nt] verb transitive often passive
nothing daunted mainly UK
■still confident and enthusiastic despite a failure or problem 不气馁的，再接再厉的•She was rejected the first time she applied to the university, but, nothing daunted, reapplied the following year and was accepted.她第一次向那间大学递交入学申请虽然遭到了拒绝，但没有气馁，第二年再次递交就被接收了。 |