纽约时报 | 外刊每日一词 · daunting

daunting

adj. /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/

seeming difficult to deal with and therefore frightening or worrying 令人畏惧的；令人气馁的；艰巨的

Etymology 词源

来自动词 daunt（使胆怯，使气馁），源自拉丁语 domitare（驯服，控制），最初表明 “使害怕、吓倒”，目前多用来形容任务、挑战、工作量等让人觉得很难、压力大。

Synonyms 近义表达

intimidating, overwhelming, formidable, discouraging

Collocations 固定搭配

a daunting task 艰巨的任务

a daunting challenge 严峻的挑战

a daunting prospect 令人望而生畏的前景

Examples 例句

e.g. Starting a new business can be a daunting task. 创业可能是一项艰巨的任务。

e.g. The amount of work we have to do is daunting. 我们要做的工作量大得令人望而生畏。

e.g. Moving to a foreign country alone is a daunting prospect for many people. 对许多人来说，独自移居国外是一个令人畏惧的前景。

New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

这款 AI 工具爆红：看看人们都在用它做这五件事

Claude Code generate computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps.

Claude Code 能够根据用户输入的指令生成计算机代码，让毫无编程经验的人也能自主制作程序和应用。

During the coronavirus pandemic, Ms. Haubo Dyhrberg, an assistant professor of finance at the University of Delaware, had an idea to make a stock trading simulator for her class. She consulted her husband, a software engineer, but “the task seemed too daunting.“

新冠疫情期间，特拉华大学金融学助理教授霍博・迪尔伯格女士曾想为课程开发一款股票交易模拟器。她请教了身为软件工程师的丈夫，却发现 “这项任务难到让人不敢下手”。

On Monday, she downloaded Claude Code and within two hours had a working demo of a trading simulator that her students could use to trade securities in a mock market. She has built five different trading scenarios for students to explore various challenges in financial markets.

到了周一，她下载了 Claude Code，仅用两小时就做出了可运行的交易模拟器演示版，学生可以用它在模拟市场中进行证券交易。她还设计了五种不同的交易场景，让学生体验金融市场里的各类挑战。

“I never thought it would be this easy,” she said. “I can't wait to test it out when the semester starts in two weeks.”

“我从没想过会这么简单，” 她说，“再过两周就要开学了，我已经迫不及待要在课堂上投入使用。”