Formidable
adj.可怕的；令人敬畏的；難以對付的

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。
She looked every bit as formidable as her mot
她看上去和她母親一樣，令人望而生畏。
Sofia was attractive and formidably intelligent.
索菲婭很有魅力，而且才智過人。

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Seemingly
adv.看來似乎；表面上看來；貌似

A seemingly endless line of trucks waits in vain to load up.
一眼望不到頭的一長列卡車眼巴巴地等著裝貨。
He has moved to Spain, seemingly to enjoy a slower style of life...
他已經移居西班牙，似乎是想過一種更為悠閑的生活。
He is a man with seemingly not an ounce of malice in him.
他這個人好像沒有丁點兒的壞心眼。

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Commence (pp. & pt. commenced)

The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
學年于10月初開始。
They commenced a systematic search...
他們開始進行徹底搜查。
The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
獵人跪在動物尸體旁邊，開始剝皮。

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考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.Herbalism had become an all but _____ skill in the Western world.
草藥醫術在西方已經成了一門幾乎絕跡的技藝。
2.Others worry whether legal standards are upheld _____ _____.
其他人則擔心法律標準私下里能否得到維持。

A:本期答案見下期
上期答案：

1.The room's style exemplifies Conran's ideal of 'beauty and practicality'.
那個房間的風格是體現康蘭“美觀和實用”觀念的典范。
2.State-owned cdb has a mandate to lend in support of official policy.
國有的中國國開行負有以放貸行動支持官方政策的使命。