formidable

英 ['fɔːmɪdəb(ə)l; fɔː'mɪd-] 美['fɔrmɪdəbl]

• adj. 强大的；可怕的；令人敬畏的；艰难的

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"