daunts

英 [dɔːnts]

美 [dɔːnts]

v.  使胆怯; 使气馁; 使失去信心
daunt的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使胆怯;使气馁
  If somethingdauntsyou, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
  1. ...a gruelling journey that would have daunted a woman half her age...
     比她年轻一半的女子都会胆怯的累人旅程
  2. I'm somewhat daunted by the size of the task.
     我有点儿被这项任务的规模吓着了。

双语例句

• The complexity of hukou reform daunts Chinese leaders.
  户籍改革的艰巨和复杂性让政府踌躇不前。
• The idea of these huge airliners carrying hundreds of people daunts me.
  想到这些大型客机要运载好几百个人，我就觉得可怕。