formidable

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /fɔːˈmɪdəbəl/|/fəˈmɪdəbəl/    美 /ˈfɔɹmɪdəbəl/|/fɔɹˈmɪdəbəl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
    — The latter part of the fifteenth century prepared a train of future events, that ended by raising France to a formidable power, which has ever since been, from time to time, the principal object of jealousy to the other European nations.
  2. Difficult to defeat or overcome.
    — a formidable opponent

词形变化

more formidable comparative most formidable superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
formidability formidableness formidably informidable superformidable unformidable

词源

From Middle English formidable, from Old French formidable, formible, from Latin formīdābilis (“formidable, terrible”) (whence -able), from formīdō (“fear, dread”).
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