diffidence

1. ADJ-GRADED 羞怯的;胆怯的;缺乏自信的
   Someone who is diffident is rather shy and does not enjoy talking about themselves or being noticed by other people.
   1. Helen was diffident and reserved.
      海伦比较害羞内向。

1. The teachers also rated conduct problems-restlessness, daydreaming, disobedience, lying, etc.-and emotional problems-anxiety, fearfulness, diffidence, avoidance of attention, etc.
   同时，教师们也就行为问题（多动、走神、叛逆、撒谎等）以及情绪问题（焦虑、恐惧、怯懦、无法集中精神等）打出了不同分数。
2. Miss Darcy, though with a diffidence which marked her little in the habit of giving invitations, readily obeyed.
   达西小姐虽然对于邀请客人还不大习惯，显得有些畏畏缩缩，可是她却立刻照做了。
3. Honored with his distinguished consideration at an earlier period of life than any of my predecessors, I can not disguise the diffidence with which I am about to enter on the discharge of my official duties.
   与任一被赐予这一荣誉的前任相比我都更年轻，我不能掩饰我将要进入执行我的职责时信心的缺乏。
4. The same diffidence induces me to hope for instruction and aid from the coordinate branches of the Government, and for the indulgence and support of my fellow_citizens generally.
   同样的信心不足使我期望政府协调部门的指导和辅助，以及同胞们总体的宽容和支持。
5. I can not disguise the diffidence with which I am about to enter on the discharge of my official duties.
   我不能掩饰我将要进入执行我的职责时信心的缺乏。
6. This lady received the visitors with a mixture of ceremony and diffidence quite English.
   这位太太接待客人既拘泥礼节，又很腼腆，颇有英国风味。
7. I failed her, partly from youth and diffidence but also because of a subconscious reluctance to take my share of another's burden.
   我没有这样做，从而使她失望了。这一是因为我年轻、缺乏信心，二是因为我下意识里不清员分担别人的精神负担。
8. We set his silence down to his diffidence.
   我们把他的沉默归之于羞怯。
9. The tendency of a person to allow himself to be degraded, robbed, deceived, and exploited might be the diffidence of a God amongst men.
   一个人听凭自己堕落、被掠夺、被欺骗、被利用，这或许是缺乏自信的表现。
10. Students should overcome their diffidence and nervousness ensuing from their grammatical deficiencies.
    学生们应该努力克服由于语法上的不足而引发的不自信和紧张心理。
11. There's a great deal of modesty and diffidence in my world.
    在我的世界里，有着许多谦逊和缺乏自信。
12. 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。
13. He spoke with the diffidence of a man who knew how slight a thing would overset the delicate organisation of the mind, and yet with the confidence of a man who had slowly won his assurance out of personal endurance and distress.
    他说话时不大自信，因为他深知心灵的结构很微妙，即使最轻微的活动也能把它推翻，同时也十分自信，因为他亲身承受过苦难，逐渐产生了把握。
14. Great Britain at the turn of the 19th century had been marked by similar diffidence, despair and recrimination when Germany and the US were emerging on the world scene.
    19世纪初，当德国和美国开始在世界舞台上崛起时，英国表现出同样的症状：缺乏自信、绝望、一遭到指责就反唇相讥。
15. This may be because, as national newspapers, they have a certain metropolitan panache, and none of the provincial diffidence that is a hallmark of many American papers.
    这或许是因为，作为国家性报刊，他们当然有着大城市的大家风范，而不带丝毫的小地方的底气不足，而这一点正是许多美国报纸的特点。
16. He had never thought of his sweetheart as of so superior a being, and he was instantly taken with a feeling of diffidence.
    他从来没有想到他的爱人会这样的华贵，竟使他的内心立刻产生了一种自惭形秽的感觉。
17. With great diffidence, he asked her if she would go to the dance with him.
    他十分忐忑不安地问她是否愿意跟他去跳舞。
18. He has diffidence in expressing his opinions.
    他表达意见时缺乏自信。
19. Afraid and person association, disgust a person have another, feel nervous or uneasiness at the others in front diffidence heart.
    怕与人交往，厌恶人多，在他人面前无自信心，感到紧张或不自在。
20. 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。
21. It was with diffidence and hesitation that I approached this work
    我是带著懦怯和犹豫接近这部作品的
22. B majored in Chinese studies was his good friend, B introduced that oriental formality and diffidence was seldom his style, instead he was known as rather arbitrary and relaxed.
    巴介绍说他很少有东方式的拘谨和内向，是个很随意放松的人。
23. The dangerous degree of behavioral problems is increased when the father's educational level decreases, the character of fathers tend to be of diffidence, education style and relation between children and parents become worse.
    中学生发生行为问题危险性随父亲文化程度降低、父亲性格趋于内向、教育方式趋于不当和与父母关系变差而升高。
24. Conclusions The patients with papilloma of larynx has the inclination of nervousness, diffidence and anxiety, so has their parents.
    结论喉乳头状瘤患儿具有内向，情绪不稳定的个性倾向，家长有内向、神经质个性倾向，心理上均存在明显的焦虑、抑郁、恐惧、躯体化等方面症状。
25. The weakening cultural competence is the main cause of the Chinese universities 'cultural diffidence on the knowledge production.
    文化能力势弱，是中国大学知识生产的文化自信缺失的主要原因。
26. Secondly, constructing campus outer action space on the principal of fulfill the demands of teachers and students, including rich levels in diffidence space, relieving environment pressure in extroversive space, and exploiting border space.
    校园户外活动建设以满足师生基本需求为原则，丰富内向空间层次，缓解外向空间环境压力，积极开发边缘空间。
27. Thirdly, the positive emotion of extroversion character athlete is higher than diffidence character athlete at the same environment.
    第三，在相同的环境中，外向性格特征者比内向性格特征者能体验到更高程度的积极情绪。

noun

1. lack of self-confidence

   Synonym:    self-doubtself-distrust