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单词 bashful
释义
bashful
adjective
uk
/ˈbæʃ.fəl/us
/ˈbæʃ.fəl/
oftenfeelinguncomfortablewith otherpeopleandeasilyembarrassed:
害羞的，羞怯的
She gave a bashfulsmileas hecomplimentedher on herwork.当他恭维她的工作成果时，她腼腆地笑了笑。
Synonyms
coy(MODEST)
modest(QUIETLY SUCCESSFUL)approving
reserved(PERSON)
reticentformal
retiring(SHY)formal
self-effacing
shy(NERVOUS)
timid
unassumingapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Shy and modest
  • aw shucks
  • backward
  • bashfully
  • bashfulness
  • be backward in coming forwardidiom
  • deprecating
  • inadequacy
  • inadequate
  • inhibited
  • inhibition
  • introversion
  • mousy
  • reticent
  • self-conscious
  • self-consciously
  • self-consciousness
  • self-deprecating
  • self-deprecatingly
  • wallflower
  • withdrawn
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bashfully
bashfulness
(Definition ofbashfulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

bashful| American Dictionary

bashful
adjective
us
/ˈbæʃ·fəl/
easilyembarrassedanduncomfortable;shy:
She gave a bashfulsmilewhen she wasintroduced.
(Definition ofbashfulfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbashful

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Here, as in other fields, we have no intention of beingbashfulor negative.
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I can quite understand that, because he was verybashfulin presenting a very bad case.
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He might have strategic reasons for beingbashful.
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I do not know why we should bebashfulabout mentioning the name of the firm.
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We did not know that he was sobashful.
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We should not be toobashfulabout ourselves.
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The coy andbashfulattitudes which have been prevalent in the past may not be quite so prevalent in the future.
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I am sorry to be sobashfulin coming forward.
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There is no need for him to look so shy andbashful.
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There was nothingbashfulor non-controversial about his speech.
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I do not agree with this idea of considering women as shybashfulcreatures.
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I suppose that is because he isbashfuland does not want to hear his case discussed.
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He is much toobashfulto say.
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I do not think that we in this country have any reason to bebashfulabout the assistance we have given since the war, particularly compared to other people.
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He has never in the past shown anybashful-ness where the interests of his party seem likely to be affected, to pour out without limit his great fund of knowledge.
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