diffident

英 [ˈdɪfɪdənt]

美 [ˈdɪfɪdənt]

adj.  缺乏自信的; 胆怯的; 羞怯的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 缺乏自信的；胆怯的；羞怯的
  not having much confidence in yourself; not wanting to talk about yourself
  1. a diffident manner/smile
     畏首畏尾的态度；羞怯的一笑
  2. He was modest and diffident about his own success.
     他很谦虚，不愿谈及自己的成功。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 羞怯的;胆怯的;缺乏自信的
  Someone who isdiffidentis 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。

英英释义

adj

• lacking self-confidence
  1. stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
  2. problems that call for bold not timid responses
  3. a very unsure young man
  Synonym:shytimidunsure
• showing modest reserve
  1. she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture

双语例句

• My father, a reserved, diffident man, shook my hand.
  我爸爸是个含蓄羞怯的男人，他只是跟我握了握手，然后两人转身走开。
• An able but diffident young student.
  能干但缺乏自信的青年学生。
• His fault is that he's too diffident.
  他的过失是太缺乏自信啦。
• She is diffident about expressing her opinions.
  她怯于表述自己的意见。
• He was too diffident to do justice to himself. When you discover that all external hopeless, the only shows that she had a hopeless.
  他腼腆得使自己的表现不能恰如其分。当你发现外在的一切都不可救药时，恰恰说明，自己已经无可救药了。
• He was a little diffident, but quite self-possessed.
  他有点信心不足，但很镇静。
• Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident.
  羞怯的有或出自不愿引起别人对自己注意的；避世的或缺乏自信的。
• She was the type of woman whom small, diffident men seem to marry instinctively.
  她那种女人，不自信的小个男人好象本能地想和她结婚。
• Her conqueror, Senator Pete Wilson, is a diffident, moderate man.
  击败她的参议员皮特·威尔逊是一个谦卑的温和派人士。
• If students do not wear the same uniforms, students wearing cheap clothes may have the feeling of self-contempt and be diffident about expressing one's opinions in class.
  如果学生不穿统一的校服，穿廉价衣服的学生可能会有自卑情绪，在课堂上怯于表述自己的意见。