for·mi·da·ble /ˈfɔrmədəbəl; fɔrˈmɪ, fɚ/
(a.)強大的,可怕的,艱難的
For·mi·da·ble a. Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
They seemed to fear the formodable sight. --Dryden.
I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when you see so many pages behind. --Drydn.
Syn: -- Dreadful; fearful; terrible; frightful; shocking; horrible; terrific; tremendous.
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formidable
adj 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"
[syn: redoubtable, unnerving]