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diffidence

英 ['dɪfɪd(ə)ns] 美

解释

n. 无自信；羞怯；内向

※ 提供单词"diffidence"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

diffidence: diffidence: see defy
diffidence (n.): c. 1400, from Latin diffidentia "mistrust, distrust, want of confidence," from diffidere "to mistrust, lack confidence," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + fidere "to trust" (see faith). Modern sense is of "distrusting oneself" (1650s). The original sense was the opposite of confidence.

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例句和用法

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。

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

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

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 ”.

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.