Daunting
艰巨
definition
verb
some people are daunted by technology
make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.
adjective
a daunting task
seeming difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating.
translation of 'daunting'
verb
吓住,
使畏缩
example
He faces the 'daunting' prospect of up to three different exams in one day.
Standing motionless for hours on end may seem like a 'daunting' task to most people, but they consider it fun.
Don't let yourself be put off, however, by the 'daunting' prospect of a 79-mile walk.
When Clark was placed with the team, working with a chief superintendent was quite a 'daunting' prospect.
Starting your own business at the tender age of 23 would seem a 'daunting' task for most people.
She's packed enough clothes for everyone so that she won't be faced with the 'daunting' task of doing the laundry.
Going to university is a 'daunting' prospect for many of us currently studying at A-level.
On top of this, a Shakespeare monologue or script had to be learnt - a 'daunting' prospect indeed.
Choosing just 75 drawings from the collection presented Clayton with a 'daunting' task.
For our police to be both effective and humane is a 'daunting' task.
To follow in her footsteps must be a 'daunting' prospect for any other actor or singer.
Handling the sheer volume of such server-generated virus detected messages can be a 'daunting' task.
It is a 'daunting' task for any Government to ensure the health of the citizens.
Making a fresh start once a divorce is finalised will be a 'daunting' prospect.
Mrs Britton, 32, said that starting a pub from scratch is a 'daunting' task but well worth the hard work.
The sight of the massive queue must have been 'daunting' , but you dealt with the situation magnificently.
Stepping on court against a four-year-old shouldn't be a 'daunting' prospect.
Was it a 'daunting' task to make a film about the life of someone who was still very much alive?
If you haven't been in a gym since school, joining can be a 'daunting' prospect.
Undergoing major organ transplantation is a 'daunting' prospect for anyone.
While that makes it cheaper than it has been for years for Britons to holiday abroad, it makes Yorkshire a 'dauntingly' expensive destination for foreign tourists.
Cut off from the world and supported by a private income, he composed 'dauntingly' huge pieces which were regarded as all but unplayable.
This is a 'dauntingly' monumental volume, and it shouldn't be read in one gulp.
Taken as a whole, the criticism produced by the Men of Letters throughout the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century was 'dauntingly' didactic.
Unlike many recent fantasies, at 215 pages it isn't 'dauntingly' long.
The 'dauntingly' solid volumes also offer the reader an anthology of short extracts, specific illustrations of usage and enough etymological information to satisfy the more academic reader.
It's a valid, though 'dauntingly' huge question, and I'll try to begin to answer it here with reference to one subject which has been in my mind recently.
To be the first foreigner to complete the 'dauntingly' long and dangerous journey along the entire Brahmaputra river is quite an accolade.
As well organized and concisely accurate as it is, the book will still be 'dauntingly' massive for many users pining for some simple, quick reference method for getting at specific features and techniques.
It's got one of the most 'dauntingly' bleak and unhappy endings imaginable.
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