redoubtable

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

re(反復(fù)) + doubt(懷疑，疑慮) + able→行動(dòng)時(shí)產(chǎn)生疑慮，說(shuō)明對(duì)手是可怕的，可敬畏的→令人敬畏的，可怕的
re(反復(fù)) + doubt(疑慮) + able→千古奇案，疑云迭起→可怕的

She was a redoubtable woman, forging a career in a discipline—management in the engineering industry—where women were not at the time taken seriously.
她是一位杰出的女性，將職業(yè)和紀(jì)律融為了一體，即機(jī)器制造業(yè)管理學(xué)——當(dāng)時(shí)在這個(gè)領(lǐng)域女性并沒(méi)有受到重視。
A redoubtable method, and one which, united with genius, rendered this gloomy athlete of the pugilism of war invincible for the space of fifteen years.
那種銳不可當(dāng)?shù)姆椒?，加上他的天才，便使?zhàn)場(chǎng)上的這位沉郁的揮拳好漢在十五年中所向披靡。
Said spoke of him reverentially - of his "redoubtable medical expertise and remarkable humanity" that kept him going during his darkest times, and there were many.
說(shuō)，以他的虔誠(chéng)-他的“可怕的醫(yī)學(xué)專業(yè)知識(shí)和出色的人類”，那讓他去他最黑暗的時(shí)代，有很多。

It had established Athens as a mighty and redoubtable naval power and it created an unprecedented level of artistic and cultural life even today known simply as Periclean Athens.
建立了雅典強(qiáng)大且令人敬畏的海軍強(qiáng)權(quán),而且催生了史無(wú)前例的,璀璨藝術(shù)與文化生活,甚至今日仍以伯里克利斯的雅典聞名。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

Only the determination of the Transport Select Committee under its redoubtable chairman, Gwyneth Dunwoody, forced an independent inquiry.
ECONOMIST: Government
Businessmen such as the redoubtable union-busting Chris Corrigan, head of Patrick Corporation, disagree.
ECONOMIST: The limits to growth
Instead, they snipe at his foreign minister, the redoubtable Makiko Tanaka, a woman whose outspokenness is unsettling those who prefer Japan's usual ultra-cautious diplomacy.
ECONOMIST: Japanese politics

very strong, especially in character; producing respect and a little fear in others

If you describe someone as redoubtable, you respect them because they have a very strong character, even though you are slightly afraid of them.