diffidence

英['dɪfɪdəns] 美['dɪfɪdəns]
  • n. 无自信;内向;羞怯
Noun:
  1. lack of self-confidence

1. What women mistake as thoughtlessness is often just diffidence.
女性误以为是考虑不周的事情往往只是缺乏自信。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He entered the room with a certain diffidence.
他怯生生地走进房间。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He failed through diffidence.
他因缺乏自信而失败.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Mr. Cruncher, with some diffidence, explained himself as meaning'Old Nick's.'
克朗彻先生觉得有点扫兴, 解释说他指的是 “ 老撒旦 ”.

来自英汉文学 - 双城记

5. As a result Heath rarely exhibited Nixon's crippling diffidence.
因此,希思很少表现出尼克松那种郁郁寡欢.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. We set his silence down to his diffidence.
      我们把他的沉默归之于羞怯。
    2. The outer crust of her life, all of her natural diffidence and reserve, was torn away.
      她的生活的外壳,她的一切天生的羞怯和庄重,全撕破了。