nothing daunted
无所畏惧；毫不气馁confident about sth difficult you have to do
Nothing daunted, the people set about rebuilding their homes.人们毫不气馁，又开始重建家园。
We had been refused three times but nothing daunted we asked again.我们遭到了三次拒绝，但并未灰心丧气，再次提出了要求。
She was not accepted by Newcastle University the first time she applied, but, nothing daunted, she reapplied the following year. 第一次申请，她没被纽卡斯尔大学接收，但她毫不气馁，第二年又申请了。
She went ahead, nothing daunted.她能勇往直前毫无惧色。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
Danger did not daunt the hero.危险并没有吓倒这位英雄。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He was not to be daunted by the most gigantic word in the dictionary.词典上最长的词也难不倒他。
She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem. 她一点也不为问题的严重性所吓倒。
He was daunted by the high quality of work they expected. 他被他们对工作的高品质的要求吓倒了。
其他
She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead.她是一个勇敢的女人，但对面前的任务却感到信心不足。
It is a daunting prospect for a party so recently formed.对一个新近成立的政党来说，这一前景令人极其气馁。
She was a fine though somewhat daunting director. 她是个很好的主管，虽说有点令人望而生畏。
She has the daunting task of cooking for 20 people every day.她每天得做20个人的饭，这是一项可怕的任务。
Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。

daunt, appal, dismay, horrify
参见dismay条。