daunt /dɔːnt/ CET6+ TEM8 ( daunting, daunted, daunts )

• 1. 

  V-T If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it. 使胆怯

  例：

  ...a gruelling trip that would have daunted a woman half her age.

  …即使是只有她一半年纪的女人都会感到胆怯的一次痛苦旅行。

• 2. 

  daunted ADJ 胆怯的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  It is hard to pick up such a book and not to feel a little daunted.

  读这样的一本书是很难不略微感到胆怯的。