| 词汇 | timidity |
| 释义 | timidity noun[ U ] uk /tɪˈmɪd.ə.ti/ us /tɪˈmɪd.ə.t̬i/ the quality of being shy and nervous : 羞怯;胆小，胆怯 We could not overcome our timidity to say that we loved each other.我们无法克服胆怯而互诉爱意。 He said the policy was based on political timidity.他说这项政策是基于政治上的胆怯而制订的。 See timid He was embarrassed by his own timidity, since he was not brave enough to participate protests. The government is exhibiting an almost desperate timidity in addressing the issue. His natural timidity is hardly helped by bullying at school. Cowardly be afraid of your own shadowidiom bottle bottle out chicken chicken out cravenness fainthearted gutless lily-livered pantywaist spinelessly spinelessness timid timidly timorous unheroic weak-kneed wimp wimp out wimpy Examples of timiditytimidity In 2004, as in 1968, perhaps the best antidote to timidity is the ungovernable wildness of the imagination. Why this timidity about bringing the two voices together? Indeed, timidity was illustrated on a number of occasions. In overcoming timidity and the norms of feminine passivity, one might move closer to the ideal of the transcendent superwoman. Parents who want outgoing children are threatened by very quiet ones and may deny their children's timidity. Their timidity is expressed in small casts, small theatrical ambition, and an insular small-mindedness. Neo-orthodoxy mocked its complacency, liberation theology its timidity. This work remained undone not because of lethargy or timidity, though those qualities may have come into play, but because of judicial activism. It showed no clinical signs except a lack of timidity and reluctance to move. If so, can we say that fear or timidity may impair one's reading comprehension? Nevertheless, the isolation of plantations, timidity of the workers, and their absorption into the plantation borders reduced this mobility. The frequency of erroneously overextending or overly limiting the scope of philosophical principles is due to the inherent risk of recklessness or timidity in inductive generalizations. On that occasion timidity and caution, and the principle of avoiding conflict, triumphed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not mean that we should allow timidity to become the byword. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We would trumpet our timidity and lack of vision with a penny whistle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of timidity These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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