timidity
英 [tɪ'mɪdətɪ]
美 [tɪ'mɪdəti]
n. 胆小
复数：timidities
BNC.32617 / COCA.22528
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 胆小的;害羞的;缺乏自信的
Timidpeople are shy, nervous, and have no courage or confidence in themselves.- A timid child, Isabella had learned obedience at an early age.
伊莎贝拉是一个羞怯的孩子，很小就学会了顺从。
- A timid child, Isabella had learned obedience at an early age.
- ADJ-GRADED 犹豫不决的;瞻前顾后的
If you describe someone's attitudes or actions astimid, you are criticizing them for being too cautious or slow to act, because they are nervous about the possible consequences of their actions.- The President's critics say he has been too timid in responding to changing international developments...
批评总统的人认为他在应对风云变幻的国际局势时过于瞻前顾后。 - The newspaper called the plan timid and unimaginative.
该报称这一计划谨小慎微，毫无想象力。
- The President's critics say he has been too timid in responding to changing international developments...
英英释义
noun
- fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
- fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
双语例句
- Inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence.
倾向于胆怯或者缺少自信。 - The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a girl is boldness.
真爱最初的表征是男人的羞怯和女孩的勇敢。 - You can call this pragmatism, or you can call it timidity.
你可以称之为务实，也可以称之为胆怯。 - Timid by nature or revealing timidity.
天生胆小或者表现出胆小。 - The new dancer smiled with a charming air of maidenly timidity and artlessness.
新舞蹈演员带著少女般的羞怯和单纯迷人地微笑了。 - His natural timidity rendered him accessible to the acceptance of superstitions in a certain degree.
他那怯懦的生性原已使他在某种程度上接受了一些迷信思想。 - For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
提后1：7因为神赐给我们、不是胆怯的心、乃是刚强、仁爱、谨守的心。 - There is a timidity, a fear of expressing feelings in a world in which these seem to be more and more marginalised.
这是一种怯懦。一种在各类情感似乎越来越被边缘化的世界里对情感表达的畏惧。 - He did not show the slightest timidity before the enemy.
在敌人面前他丝毫没有怯懦的表现。 - We must not show the slightest timidity before a wild beast.
在野兽面前，不可以表示丝毫的怯懦。