| 词汇 | diffidently |
| 释义 | diffidently adverb uk /ˈdɪf.ɪ.dənt.li/ us /ˈdɪf.ɪ.dənt.li/ in a way that shows that you are shy and not confident of your abilities: 羞怯地，缺乏自信地 "Maybe you should leave us for a moment," the old man suggested diffidently.“或许你应该离开我们一会儿。”老人踌躇着提议道。 They came in diffidently, and nodded respectfully to Wilcox.他们腼腆地走进来，恭敬地向威尔科克斯点点头。 See diffident "I suppose so," Jane admitted diffidently. Joseph made his suggestion diffidently in the uncomfortable silence. Diffidently, he asked her if she would like to go to the movies with him one evening. Shy and modest aw shucks backward bashful bashfully bashfulness inadequacy inadequate indoorsiness indoorsy inhibited mousy reticently retiring self-conscious self-consciously self-consciousness shyness unassuming wallflower withdrawn Examples of diffidentlydiffidently I must confess, speaking very diffidently, that what he said about that caused me some perplexity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I submit that point, very diffidently, for consideration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She thought that if sanctions did not achieve the aims she hoped rather diffidently for we would fall back upon the use of force. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would be the last to suggest, even diffidently, that these are things on which they can rush forward with resolutions and decisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to make one or two points very diffidently, indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I rise somewhat diffidently to contribute briefly to the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It said that it had not gone deeply into this question at all, and therefore it put forward suggestions on this subject very diffidently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do so diffidently and declare an interest as a lawyer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest rather diffidently that the issues for debate are rather different. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I tread diffidently in considering my fourth point about delay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should, very diffidently, like to make this suggestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I diffidently suggest—and this is my pet lunacy—that the five-year apprenticeship as we have known it is too long nowadays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I diffidently suggest that there are two points. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He diffidently and cautiously suggests that perhaps he might hope for a little majority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They rather diffidently proposed immense additions to our burden of taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of diffidently 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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