diffidence
英 ['d?f?d(?)ns]
美
助記提示
1. dif- "lack of, not" + fid- + -ence.
2. => mistrust, distrust, lack confidence, distrusting oneself.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. What women mistake as thoughtlessness is often just diffidence.
- 女性誤以為是考慮不周的事情往往只是缺乏自信。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He entered the room with a certain diffidence.
- 他怯生生地走進(jìn)房間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He failed through diffidence.
- 他因缺乏自信而失敗.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Mr. Cruncher, with some diffidence, explained himself as meaning'Old Nick's.'
- 克朗徹先生覺得有點(diǎn)掃興, 解釋說他指的是 “ 老撒旦 ”.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 雙城記
- 5. As a result Heath rarely exhibited Nixon's crippling diffidence.
- 因此,希思很少表現(xiàn)出尼克松那種郁郁寡歡.
來自辭典例句