formidable

英 [fəˈmɪdəbl]

美 [ˈfɔːrmɪdəbl]

adj.  可怕的; 令人敬畏的; 难对付的

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.5358 / COCA.6229

牛津词典

adj.

• 可怕的；令人敬畏的；难对付的
  if people, things or situations are formidable , you feel fear and/or respect for them, because they are impressive or powerful, or because they seem very difficult
  1. In debate he was a formidable opponent.
     在辩论中他是位难应付的对手。
  2. She has a formidable list of qualifications.
     她有一长串令人敬畏的资历。
  3. The two players together make a formidable combination.
     这两个队员配对儿，难以对付。
  4. The task was a formidable one.
     这任务非常艰巨。
  5. They had to overcome formidable obstacles.
     他们得克服重重障碍。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可怕的;令人惊叹的;艰巨的
  If you describe something or someone asformidable, you mean that you feel slightly frightened by them because they are very great or impressive.
  1. We have a formidable task ahead of us...
     我们面临着一项艰巨的任务。
  2. Marsalis has a formidable reputation in both jazz and classical music...
     马萨利斯在爵士乐和古典音乐领域都有极高的声望。
  3. She looked every bit as formidable as her mother.
     她看上去和她母亲一样，令人望而生畏。

双语例句

• What will count is that this company-and you personally, Celia-have acquired a formidable enemy.
  重要的是这家公司，还有你个人，西莉亚，结下了一个可怕的敌人。
• Perhaps the builders had heard of a new, formidable enemy that they had not.
  可能建造者听说了一个他们没有听说过的新的、强大的敌人。
• There's no formidable obstacles in the world.
  世上没有无法逾越的障碍。
• This in fact has made one kind of formidable ideology pressure to the modernization process ecological damage behavior.
  这实际上是对现代化进程中的生态破坏行为制造了一种强大的意识形态压力。
• They succeeded against formidable odds.
  他们克服了可怕的困难，取得了成功。
• Spain ran England ragged early on but goalkeeper Ian Walker proved a formidable barrier.
  西班牙队先是猛烈进攻，使英格兰队疲于奔命，但守门员伊恩·沃克防守甚严。
• He is very formidable; How could anybody be so brave as to offend him?
  他可厉害了，谁惹得起他呀！
• You have been a formidable opponent.
  你已经是一个强大的对手了。
• The scale and ingenuity of the trade in counterfeits poses a formidable challenge to enforcement.
  假冒药品贸易的规模和精巧程度对执法造成了巨大挑战。
• This is a formidable project.
  这个工程非常艰巨。