Diffident

(adj.) lacking self-confidence; 'stood in the doorway diffident and abashed'; 'problems that call for bold not timid responses'; 'a very unsure young man' .

(adj.) showing modest reserve; 'she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture' .

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• No one ever goes away from Edison in doubt as to what he thinks or means, but he is ever shy and diffident to a degree if the talk turns on himself rather than on his work. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• She was always quick and assured: Isabella slow and diffident. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• In the last degree constrained, reserved, diffident, troubled. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In the present instance, however, more embarrassment was shown than is usual even with diffident Englishwomen. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I felt a little diffident at the thought of an introduction to strangers--that was all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I soon saw you were diffident. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Up to this time, I had been a little diffident about the propriety of the advice I had given to her. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• You think her diffident. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• My memory of past errors and perplexities, makes me diffident for the future. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He was a diffident though distinguished nurseryman, and feared that the audience might regard his bid as a foolish one. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• My dears,' said their father, 'he is a diffident gentleman, and I should say particularly so in the society of girls of your age. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Then, turning to me, in a diffident, half-appealing voice--Lucy-- Well, I am at your side. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Every time their eyes met, I saw more and more what a tremendous power that weak, diffident school-girl could wield if she chose to do it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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