1. Many users find complex remote controls daunting, and most functions available from typical home entertainment remotes remain little used.
很多人都发现复杂的遥控器让人退缩,家庭娱乐系统的遥控器上的大多数功能极少被用到。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

2. Now we face the daunting task of clearing up the mess.
现在我们得做一件费力气的事情:收拾烂摊子。

-- 来源 -- OralEnglish

3. At the beginning, just taking notes on lectures and finishing the reading on time were daunting challenges.
每学期有期中和期末考试,还要提交两篇论文,开始时就连听课时记笔记和按时完成阅读都是令人望而生畏的挑战.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

4. now, there was nothing daunting about her at all.
现在,她没有一点可怕的地方了。

-- 来源 -- 汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子 - P_luotuoxiangzi-06

5. It can be extremely daunting to find a useful visual metaphor for changing channels, purchasing an item, finding a reference, setting a format, changing a photograph’s resolution, or performing statistical analysis, yet these operations are precisely the type of processes we use software to perform most frequently.
换频道、购买产品、查找参考资料、设置格式、改变图片的分辨率,以及进行统计分析等,要为这些操作找到合适的视觉隐喻体极其困难,但这些操作恰恰是我们使用软件时最常见的过程类型。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

6. When you are buckling yourself into your seat at the start, the ride does not seem so daunting.
起初你把自己扣牢在座椅上的时候,会觉得乘坐这台游艺机似乎并不那么可怕。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

7. The prospect of meeting the President is quite daunting.
一想到要会见总统就足以令人心悸.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. The examination questions were rather daunting.
考试题目相当令人沮丧。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

9. The tests before the United States as it heads toward the twenty-first century are certainly daunting.
美国迈向21世纪所面临的考验肯定是严峻异常。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. and it is especially daunting for a long journey.
而替长途旅程整理行囊更是令人退却。

-- 来源 -- 游学英语通(2) - Unit 85 Before You Go