If you describe something or someone as formidable, you mean that you feel slightly frightened by them because they are very great or impressive.
例句
We have a formidable task ahead of us...我們面臨著一項艱巨的任務。Marsalis has a formidable reputation in both jazz and classical music...馬薩利斯在爵士樂和古典音樂領域都有極高的聲望。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
可怕的, 令人畏懼的
He met with a woman with a formidable appearance.他遇到了一個樣子可怕的女人。
難以克服[對付]的
There's no formidable obstacles in the world.世上沒有無法逾越的障礙。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
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"