英语单词短语词组“shrinking violet”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

shrinking violet

noun[C]

informal

/ˌʃrɪŋ.kɪŋ ˈvaɪə.lət/us

/ˌʃrɪŋ.kɪŋ ˈvaɪə.lət/

apersonwho is veryshyormodestand does not like toattractattention:

腼腆的人，羞怯的人

Shelovesappearingontelevisionand isnoshrinkingvioletwhen it comes toexpressingherviews.她喜欢上电视，而且在表达观点时毫不羞怯。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Shy and modest

aw shucks
backward
bashful
bashfully
bashfulness
deprecating
humility
inadequacy
inadequate
inhibited
inhibition
mousy
reticent
retiring
self-conscious
self-consciously
self-consciousness
self-deprecating
wallflower
withdrawn

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(Definition ofshrinking violetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshrinking violet

shrinking violet

He is noshrinkingvioletin any sense or form.

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Here is noshrinkingvioletwho wishes to blush unseen.

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Noshrinkingviolethe —even though he was going, he quit from the spotlight.

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单词	shrinking violet
释义	shrinking violet noun[C] informal uk /ˌʃrɪŋ.kɪŋ ˈvaɪə.lət/us /ˌʃrɪŋ.kɪŋ ˈvaɪə.lət/ apersonwho is veryshyormodestand does not like toattractattention: 腼腆的人，羞怯的人 Shelovesappearingontelevisionand isnoshrinkingvioletwhen it comes toexpressingherviews.她喜欢上电视，而且在表达观点时毫不羞怯。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Shy and modest aw shucks backward bashful bashfully bashfulness deprecating humility inadequacy inadequate inhibited inhibition mousy reticent retiring self-conscious self-consciously self-consciousness self-deprecating wallflower withdrawn See more results » (Definition ofshrinking violetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) Examplesofshrinking violet shrinking violet He is noshrinkingvioletin any sense or form. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Here is noshrinkingvioletwho wishes to blush unseen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Noshrinkingviolethe —even though he was going, he quit from the spotlight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/shrinking-violet##
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