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单词 timidity
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timidity
noun[U]
uk
/tɪˈmɪd.ə.ti/us
/tɪˈmɪd.ə.t̬i/
thequalityof beingshyandnervous:
羞怯；胆小，胆怯
We could notovercomeourtimidity to say that welovedeach other.我们无法克服胆怯而互诉爱意。
He said thepolicywasbasedonpoliticaltimidity.他说这项政策是基于政治上的胆怯而制订的。
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  • He wasembarrassedby his own timidity, since he was notbraveenough toparticipateprotests.
  • Thegovernmentisexhibitinganalmostdesperatetimidity inaddressingtheissue.
  • Hisnaturaltimidity ishardlyhelpedbybullyingatschool.
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(Definition oftimidityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftimidity

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In 2004, as in 1968, perhaps the best antidote totimidityis the ungovernable wildness of the imagination.
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Why thistimidityabout bringing the two voices together?
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Indeed,timiditywas illustrated on a number of occasions.
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In overcomingtimidityand the norms of feminine passivity, one might move closer to the ideal of the transcendent superwoman.
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Parents who want outgoing children are threatened by very quiet ones and may deny their children'stimidity.
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Theirtimidityis expressed in small casts, small theatrical ambition, and an insular small-mindedness.
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Neo-orthodoxy mocked its complacency, liberation theology itstimidity.
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This work remained undone not because of lethargy ortimidity, though those qualities may have come into play, but because of judicial activism.
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It showed no clinical signs except a lack oftimidityand reluctance to move.
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If so, can we say that fear ortimiditymay impair one's reading comprehension?
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Nevertheless, the isolation of plantations,timidityof the workers, and their absorption into the plantation borders reduced this mobility.
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The frequency of erroneously overextending or overly limiting the scope of philosophical principles is due to the inherent risk of recklessness ortimidityin inductive generalizations.
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On that occasiontimidityand caution, and the principle of avoiding conflict, triumphed.
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It does not mean that we should allowtimidityto become the byword.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We would trumpet ourtimidityand lack of vision with a penny whistle.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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