Diffident
['dɪfɪd(ə)nt] or ['dɪfɪdənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) lacking self-confidence; 'stood in the doorway diffident and abashed'; 'problems that call for bold not timid responses'; 'a very unsure young man' .
(adj.) showing modest reserve; 'she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture' .
克莱尔手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Wanting confidence in others; distrustful.
(a.) Wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve.
拜伦整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Distrustful, doubtful.[2]. Bashful, timid, sheepish, over-modest, distrustful of one's self.
校對:诺琳
同義詞及反義詞：
[See MODEST]
阿德拉錄入
解釋/意思:
adj. wanting faith in: distrustful of one's self: modest: bashful.—n. Diff′idence want of confidence: want of self-reliance: modesty: bashfulness.—adv. Diff′idently.
巴罗錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- No one ever goes away from Edison in doubt as to what he thinks or means, but he is ever shy and diffident to a degree if the talk turns on himself rather than on his work. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- She was always quick and assured: Isabella slow and diffident. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- In the last degree constrained, reserved, diffident, troubled. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In the present instance, however, more embarrassment was shown than is usual even with diffident Englishwomen. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I felt a little diffident at the thought of an introduction to strangers--that was all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I soon saw you were diffident. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Up to this time, I had been a little diffident about the propriety of the advice I had given to her. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- You think her diffident. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- My memory of past errors and perplexities, makes me diffident for the future. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- He was a diffident though distinguished nurseryman, and feared that the audience might regard his bid as a foolish one. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- My dears,' said their father, 'he is a diffident gentleman, and I should say particularly so in the society of girls of your age. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Then, turning to me, in a diffident, half-appealing voice--Lucy-- Well, I am at your side. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Every time their eyes met, I saw more and more what a tremendous power that weak, diffident school-girl could wield if she chose to do it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
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