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📚康康字源學教你輕鬆記單字,每天都要學個實用單字!
📚學英文:單字不是萬能,但沒有單字萬萬不能~
📚所以今天來學這個常考字:daunt [dɔnt]

v. to make someone feel afraid or less confident about something 使氣餒;威嚇


【例句】
🖊️Mack was not daunted by his failure.
馬克並不因失敗而氣餒。

🖊️I was rather daunted by the thought of addressing such an audience.
我一想到要對這樣的聽眾講話,就有些膽小。

🖊️They were daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
他們被那大量待做的工作嚇到了。


【字源】tame(v. 馴化, 馴養)→ 使氣餒。


【同義】appall, dismay, horrify

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