timidity

英 [tɪ'mɪdətɪ] 美 [tɪ'mɪdəti]

n.  胆小

复数:timidities

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BNC.32617 / COCA.22528



柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 胆小的;害羞的;缺乏自信的
    Timid people are shy, nervous, and have no courage or confidence in themselves.
    1. 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。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 犹豫不决的;瞻前顾后的
    If you describe someone's attitudes or actions as timid, you are criticizing them for being too cautious or slow to act, because they are nervous about the possible consequences of their actions.
    1. 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。
    2. The newspaper called the plan timid and unimaginative.
      该报称这一计划谨小慎微,毫无想象力。

双语例句

  1. They mocked at my timidity.
    他们耻笑我胆小。
  2. He shows an almost childlike timidity in talking with strangers.
    他和生人谈话简直像小孩子一样面嫩。
  3. 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。
  4. Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
    用身体的容忍与道德的勇气混在一起就成了耐心。
  5. Inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence.
    倾向于胆怯或者缺少自信。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. How to Overcome the Timidity and Fear of Students in the Teaching of Pole Vault
    如何克服学生在撑竿跳高教学中的胆怯和恐惧心理
  10. 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。
  11. There is a striking contrast between the Fed's activism and timidity in government and in Congress.
    美联储的积极动作与美国政府和国会的怯懦形成了鲜明的对比。
  12. Outside the city people wants to go in, but often disorientated between inward timidity and the desire swelling;
    城外的人想进去,却一次次在内心的胆怯与欲望的膨胀间迷失方向;
  13. Timid by nature or revealing timidity.
    天生胆小或者表现出胆小。
  14. 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。
  15. Besides, you could hardly accuse Mr Obama of timidity.
    此外,你很难用胆怯来指责奥巴马先生。
  16. 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。
  17. He had a terrible time in overcoming his timidity.
    他费了很大的劲才克服了他的胆怯。
  18. He had been fooled, faked out, by the Five Families and their seeming timidity.
    他受骗了,上当了,被五大家族胆小怕事的外表迷住了心窍。
  19. They mocked at me ( my timidity).
    他们嘲笑(弄)我(我的胆小)。
  20. They mocked at his timidity.
    他们嘲弄他的胆怯。
  21. He was not at ease with me, and much of his bluster rose from timidity.
    和我在一起他就不自在,他的吵嚷大都是由于怯懦。
  22. An expression of utter timidity came over her flat blue eyes and her soft mouth.
    在她平淡的蓝眼睛里和柔和的唇边出现了一种极端羞怯的表情。
  23. Of course I was very upset and regretful for my timidity.
    当然我对我的胆小是非常烦乱的和惋惜的。
  24. By this time Emil had lost all his timidity.
    这时,爱弥儿变得一点也不拘束了。
  25. Like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity.
    像羊一样温顺的、愚蠢的、驯服的或胆怯的。
  26. Another explanation for this timidity is that, understandably, fund managers are minding their own backs.
    这种怯懦的另一个解释是,基金经理人得考虑自己的后路,这也可以理解。
  27. It's the temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, it's the confidence faced setback and disappointment.
    勇猛果敢而不是怯懦退缩,它的信心面对挫折与失望。
  28. If he fails, it will not be out of timidity.
    即使他失败了,也至少不会是由于怯懦。
  29. But with Elliot's timidity, Sedgewick's laziness and George's lack of self-confidence, it seems as if the day to prove who they really are will never come.
    但是由于艾略特的胆怯,塞奇威克的懒惰和乔治的缺乏自信,这个能够证明他们自己的日子似乎永远也不会到来。
  30. 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。

英英释义

noun

  1. fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities

      Synonym:    timorousness

    1. fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions

        Synonym:    timidnesstimorousness