formidable

英 ['f??m?d?b(?)l; f??'m?d-] 美['f?rm?d?bl]
  • adj. 強(qiáng)大的；可怕的；令人敬畏的；艱難的

英英釋意

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"