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formidable

英['fɔːmɪdəb(ə)l;fɔː'mɪd-] 美['fɔrmɪdəbl]
  • adj. 强大的;可怕的;令人敬畏的;艰难的

英英释意


1. extremely impressive in strength or excellence;
"a formidable opponent"
"the challenge was formidable"
"had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"
"the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal"
2. inspiring fear;
"the formidable prospect of major surgery"
"a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston
"something unnerving and prisonlike about high gray wall"