diffident
adj. 羞怯的；缺乏自信的；谦虚谨慎的
adj.
缺乏自信的，露出怯态的；羞怯的；踌躇的；虚
英英释义
diffident[ 'difidənt ]
adj.
showing modest reserve
"she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"
lacking self-confidence
"stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"
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词组短语
diffident about对…缺乏自信心
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
He was too diffident to express his opinion.
他太不自信，不敢发表自己的见解。
She is diffident about expressing her opinions.
她怯于表述自己的意见。
He has a politely diffident manner.
他的态度是客气中带有羞怯。
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diffident (adj.)
mid-15c., from Latin diffidentem (nominative diffidens), present participle of diffidere (see diffidence). Related: Diffidently.
1. John was as bouncy and ebullient as Helen was diffident and reserved.
约翰活泼、热情；而海伦却羞怯、矜持。
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2. He was modest and diffident about his own success.
他很谦虚，不愿谈及自己的成功。
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3. Speak out, my boy--don't be diffident.
说出来吧，孩子——别害怕。
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4. His fault is that he's too diffident.
他的过失是太缺乏自信啦。
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5. He was too diffident to express his opinion.
他太不自信，不敢发表自己的见解。
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6. The quality or state of being diffident; timidity or shyness.
胆怯缺乏自信的性质或状态；
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7. I'd be less diffident if the men wouldn't differentiate between us all the time.
如果男人们一向区分不出我们两，我就不会那么缺乏自信了。
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8. Aristocratic languor, critics thought, made him too diffident sometimes on the field.
高贵的慵懒，批评家的思想，使他有时候在球场上与众不同。
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9. 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。
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10. The diffident institutional environments in different countries lead to different management methods of urban design.
重点阐述了“制度环境”差别对不同国家采用不同城市设计管理模式的影响和制约作用。
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11. Even really talented people are made to feel diffident and nervous when they are queuing in a long line for an interview.
排着长队等待面试时，哪怕是最有能力的人也会觉得没有信心，紧张。
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12. "I've had experience enough," said Hurstwood blandly, but he felt a little diffident about referring to Fitzgerald and Moy.
“我有足够的经验，”赫斯渥淡淡地说道，但他没敢提及费莫酒店。
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13. Even relationships within the family are managed by the 1, 200-person IHA, which has not been diffident in sharing its views.
即便是这个家族的内部关系也由1200人组成的宫内厅打理，而这个组织并不缺少公开自己观点的自信。
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14. I don't understand why they dub over with a diffident voice, it ruins the whole character, specially since I'm used to Yixing's voice…
我不明白他们为什么要用另外的人来重新配音，这把整个角色都毁了，更何况我已经习惯了张艺兴的声音。
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15. So left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in hypertension's base mechanism is Yin diffident Yang stimulate, blood clot hinder vessels .
从而验证了高血压病左室舒张功能障碍阴虚阳亢，瘀血阻络的基本病机。
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16. Above three kind of themes have diffident characteristic, but they constituted the Chinese classical novel unique imagination world together.
上述三种题材各具特色，互相影响，共同构成了中国古典小说独特的想象世界。
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17. And if the show's take on families - the artist's projections of happiness and fulfillment - feels diffident, even cold, that is because to a certain extent it is.
而且，如果展览中呈现的家庭-艺术家所表现出的幸福与满足-感觉不太一样，甚至于有些冷漠，那是因为一定程度上来说它就是如此。
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18. Although he had never mentioned the word of "love" before her, yet she could vaguely detect that passion burning in his diffident look. She dropped him one hint after another to encourage him;
他从没有在她面前提过爱，然而，她依稀可从他羞涩眼眸中察觉到那一股灼灼爱意。
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19. Although he had never mentioned the word of "love" before her, yet she could vaguely detect that passion burning in his diffident look. She dropped him one hint after another to encourage him;
他从没有在她面前提过爱，然而，她依稀可从他羞涩眼眸中察觉到那一股灼灼爱意。
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