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单词 formidable
释义
formidable
adjective
uk
/fɔːˈmɪd.ə.bəl/us
/fɔːrˈmɪd.ə.bəl/
C2
causingyou to havefearorrespectfor something or someone because that thing orpersonislarge,powerful, ordifficult:
可怕的；令人敬畏的；难对付的
a formidableobstacle/task令人生畏的障碍／任务
a formidableadversary/enemy/opponent难对付的敌手／劲敌／强大的对手
a formidableintellect令人敬畏的知识分子
disapprovingthedirectorand his formidablewife导演和他那令人生畏的妻子
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  • She wasonceapoliticalnonentity, but has sincewona formidablereputationas adeterminedcampaigner.
  • She is a formidablefigurewhocommandsagreatdealofrespect.
  • Mytennisis reallyimproving- I've got a formidabletwo-handedbackhand.
  • Heworkedin thepropertybusinessfor anumberofyears,acquiringareputationas a formidablewheeler-dealer.
  • In Tyson he had come up against a formidableopponent.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complicated and difficult to do
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  • get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
  • grail
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  • unresolved
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formidably
(Definition offormidablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

formidable| American Dictionary

formidable
adjective
us
/ˈfɔr·mɪ·də·bəl,fɔrˈmɪd·ə-,fərˈmɪd-/
strongandpowerful, andthereforedifficulttodealwith ifopposedto you:
There were formidableobstaclestoreachingan earlysettlementof thedispute.
(Definition offormidablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All good protagonists require aformidablefoe, and the foe of modern portfolio theory is behavioral finance.
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The task wasformidablebut has been undertaken successfully.
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The excuse for not providing any proof is the usual one of the "formidable" difficulty of the formalism of matrix mechanics.
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He scoffs at the effrontery of the bridal party, whose members put up aformidableshow of might, as if they were military guards.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, this volume's reach is both its greatest strength and its mostformidablechallenge.
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Theformidablestructures of the functional systems are stepwise unwrapped, and the text is complemented with selfexplanatory drawings, which are themselves inviting for model studies.
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The organization's network of local voluntary workers and small core of full-time trained personnel accumulated aformidablebody of information.
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Although this analysis leaves little ground for claiming a bilingual superiority in an important developmental ability, it isolates nonetheless aformidableadvantage in cognitive processing.
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In almost all cases, the undermined cap rock has collapsed, which presented aformidablerisk factor in antiquity and has deterred us from further testing.
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It also included some of the bestinformed specialists in the world, aformidablegroup to be entertained and flattered as well as informed.
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These conditions, if not sufficiently addressed, could poseformidablebarriers to the success of interventions designed to enhance spirituality at the end of life.
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Thisformidabletwo-volume set concerned with the scientific foundations of die heart and vessels is, ostensibly, a second edition.
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Thisformidabletwo-volume set concerned with the scientific foundations of the heart and vessels is, ostensibly, a second edition.
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But the practice of science and the cultural environment in which it flourished presentedformidableobstacles to the realization of this endeavor.
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The last two points, however, presentformidablemethodological challenges to method developers.
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