diffident
英 ['dɪfɪd(ə)nt]
美['dɪfɪdənt]
英英释义
实用场景例句
近义词timorous coy sheepish oneself a reluctant of bashful faint-hearted shell in shy insecure hesitant modest unsure retiring unassuming timid demure self-conscious
反义词
- adj. 羞怯的；缺乏自信的；谦虚谨慎的
词态变化
副词: diffidently;名词: diffidence;
助记提示
1. dif- "lack of, not" + fid- + -ent.
2. => mistrust, distrust, lack confidence, distrusting oneself.
2. => mistrust, distrust, lack confidence, distrusting oneself.
中文词源
diffident 缺乏自信的
dis-, 不，非。-fid, 相信，词源同faith, confident. 即不相信自己的，缺乏自信的。
英英释意
- 1. showing modest reserve;
- "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"
- 2. lacking self-confidence;
- "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"
- "problems that call for bold not timid responses"
- "a very unsure young man"
英文词源
- diffident (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Latin diffidentem (nominative diffidens), present participle of diffidere (see diffidence). Related: Diffidently.
实用场景例句
- a diffident manner/smile
- 畏首畏尾的态度；羞怯的一笑
牛津词典
- He was modest and diffident about his own success.
- 他很谦虚，不愿谈及自己的成功。
牛津词典
- [不可数名词]She overcame her natural diffidence and spoke with great frankness.
- 她克服了胆怯的毛病，非常坦率地说出了自己的想法。
牛津词典
- Helen was diffident and reserved.
- 海伦比较害羞内向。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He has a politely diffident manner.
- 他的态度是客气中带有羞怯.
《简明英汉词典》
- The simulation test can study the movement law of pollutant diffusion under the diffident hydrodynamic condition.
- 模拟试验能够更好地研究不同水动力条件下污染物的扩散运移规律.
期刊摘选
- He was diffident and silent.
- 他是那么冷淡,那么默默无声.
辞典例句
- He is diffident of his success.
- 他对成功缺乏信心.
辞典例句
- She was of a helpless, fleshy build, with a frank, open countenances innocent, diffident manner.
- 那妇人生着一副绵软多肉的体格, 一张坦率开诚的面容,一种天真羞怯的神气.
期刊摘选
- He was too diffident to do justice to himself.
- 他腼腆得使自己的表现不能恰如其分.
辞典例句
- I was diffident about saying so.
- 我不好意思这麽说.
期刊摘选
- While they speak softly, they are far from diffident.
- 他们的声音虽小, 却不含卑下.
期刊摘选
- She is diffident about expressing her opinions.
- 她怯于表述自己的意见.
辞典例句
- I am fond of a diffident way which I see you to exhibit.
- 我喜欢您表现出来的谦卑.
辞典例句
- She is a diffident student.
- 她是位缺乏自信的学生.
期刊摘选
- He is diffident about expressing his opinions in the public.
- 他在公开场合表达自己的意见感到胆怯.
期刊摘选
- He is diffident about expressing his opinions.
- 他对于表达自己的意见感到胆怯.
期刊摘选
- He felt a little diffident about asking concerning her success.
- 他感到有点胆怯,不敢问她是否成功了.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Id be diffident if the men wouldnt differentiate between us all the time.
- 假如男人们一向区分不出我们两,我就不会那么缺乏自信了.
期刊摘选
- We be placed in an inside Chinese language to turn the extreme diffident ages.
- 我们处在一个中国文化极度缺乏自信的时代.
期刊摘选
- Don't be so diffident about your talents.
- 别对自己的才能如此缺乏信心.
辞典例句
- His fault is that he's too diffident.
- 他的过失是太缺乏自信啦.
辞典例句
- The Communist Party is diffident about claim to any development model that other countries might copy.
- 中国政府对于公布一个其他国家可以参考的发展模式缺乏底气.
期刊摘选
- He was to diffident to do justice to himself.
- 他过于羞怯,不能适当地处理自己.
辞典例句
- She was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture.
- 在对教授的课进行评论时,她有点不太自信.
期刊摘选
- He looked diffident, and amiable, and independent, and he, too, was evidently English.
- 他显得忸怩羞怯, 又和蔼又任性, 显然他也是一个英国人.
辞典例句
- Dick was always diffident when to staff matters and not been ableto summonthe gumption tothe table.
- 遇到手下的人事问题时,迪克总是缺乏信心.他还未能发挥才智,一锤定音.
期刊摘选
- In cool weather, serpents do not tempt; they grow diffident, recede and hibernate.
- 在凉爽的天气里, 蛇是不会出来引诱人的, 它会胆怯 、 退避,还要冬眠.
名作英译部分
- I was diffident about [ of ] saying so.
- 我 不好意思 这么说.
辞典例句
- In the diffident manner was nothing of the art of the courtesan.
- 她羞怯的举止迥然不同于妓女的惺惺作态.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹