首页英语词典diffidencediffidence的意思

diffidence怎么读？

diffidence

英 ['dɪfɪd(ə)ns] 美

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词modesty backwardness timidity

反义词

n. 无自信；羞怯；内向

低频词畅通词汇

词态变化

副词: diffidently;形容词: diffident;

助记提示

1. dif- "lack of, not" + fid- + -ence.
2. => mistrust, distrust, lack confidence, distrusting oneself.

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.

双语例句

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.