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单词 redoubtable
释义 re·doubt·able
\-au̇d.əbəl, -au̇təb-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English redoutable, from Middle French, from redouter + -able
1.
 a. : causing fear or alarm : formidable
  < a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic — G.H.Johnston >
  < redoubtable gains made by the Communist Party — Max Ascoli >
 b. : inspiring awe or reverence : august, eminent
  < that redoubtable scholar of Spain's golden age — Carol Bache >
2. : doughty, illustrious
 < a nimble-witted … guest, as redoubtable with a clue as he is at a press conference — New York Herald Tribune >
 < born … of the redoubtable flour-milling family — New Yorker >
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