formidable困难

(49) It wasn’t until the phrase “scientific literacy” came along in the 1940s that science had the formidable slogan it needed to command public attention and make improving science education an important national goal.

(49) 直到20世纪40年代“科学素养”一词出现，科学才拥有了它所需要的强有力的口号，以引起公众的关注，并使改进科学教育成为一项重要的国家目标。

Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert's appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him.”

就连曾在《纽约时报》上支持任命吉尔伯特的托马西尼，也称他为“一位朴实谦逊的音乐家，身上丝毫没有令人敬畏的指挥家的架子”。

the language of Shakespeare may be formidable for pupils.

莎士比亚的语言对学生来说可能令人望而生畏。