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daunting

US // (ˈdɔːntɪŋ) //

令人敬畏的,令人生畏的,令人敬畏,令人生畏

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing fear or discouragement; intimidating

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Examples

  • That means big-city mayors including Atlanta’s Keisha Lance Bottoms, New York’s Bill de Blasio and Chicago’s Lori Lightfoot face a daunting challenge.

  • Making a page from scratch affords more creative freedom than social-media and web-hosting sites that let you drag and drop elements onto your page, but it can be daunting and time-consuming.

  • Executives have moved quickly to support and empower employees while grappling with daunting challenges to the way their businesses operate.

  • Nonetheless, some media, marketing, fashion, beauty and retail players have continued to succeed in the face of daunting odds.

  • Even Compound, which is becoming DeFi’s best known platform, has a daunting user interface.

  • Cold War fears could be manipulated through misleading art to attract readers to daunting material.

  • The responsibilities of raising children often seem very daunting.

  • ROME, Italy — Long before Ebola was a household word and a global crisis, West Africa was a daunting place.

  • And it's that daunting task that is chronicled in Becoming Belle Knox.

  • Baquet and his evolving leadership team (he has yet to appoint a managing editor) face daunting challenges.

  • He turned quickly and made off into the woods, followed by a loud, daunting laugh which spurred his pace to a panicky gallop.

  • The sun was on the rocks and some shone like polished steel, but the gully was in shadow and Jimmy had felt the gloom daunting.

  • Somehow the quiet and gloom were daunting, but to hesitate was ridiculous and Jimmy went off with Bob.

  • Rose-pink light touched the high peaks and hoar frost sparkled on the pines, but the stern beauty of the wilds was daunting.

  • Perhaps it was strange, but of all the animals, civilized man alone was willing to front the cold on the daunting heights.