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formidable

/ˈfɔɹmɪdəbəl/ 形容词 B2

中文: 可畏、令人生畏的

  1. Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
  2. Difficult to defeat or overcome. · a formidable opponent
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Such formidable accounts of her Ladyship, and her manner of living, quite frightened Maria Lucas, who had been little used to company; and she looked forward to her introduction at Rosings with as much apprehension as her father had done to his presentation at St.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第186页 · B2
Is this fellow’s temper so formidable, or what is it?
《A Study in Scarlet》,第5页 · B2
She was not rendered formidable by silence: but whatever she said was spoken in so authoritative a tone as marked her self-importance, and brought Mr.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第187页 · B2
When his body had been carried from the cellar we found ourselves still confronted with a problem which was almost as formidable as that with which we had started.
《The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes》,第22页 · B2

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