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单词 diffidence
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diffidence
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdɪf.ɪ.dəns/us
/ˈdɪf.ɪ.dəns/
thequalityof beingshyand notconfidentofyourabilities:
羞怯，缺乏自信
ThebiggestdifficultyisovercomingnaturalBritish diffidence最大的困难是克服英国人天生的不自信心态。
There was a diffidence in hersoftvoice.她轻柔的声音里透着一丝羞怯。
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  • Shespokeratherhesitantly, though this was less to do with diffidence than goodmanners.
  • Someonefoundthe words tobreaktheuneasydiffidence.
  • Hespokewith acertaindiffidence whichaddedto hischarm.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Shy and modest
  • aw shucks
  • backward
  • bashful
  • bashfully
  • bashfulness
  • deprecating
  • inadequacy
  • inadequate
  • inhibited
  • inhibition
  • introversion
  • mousy
  • reticent
  • self-conscious
  • self-consciously
  • self-consciousness
  • self-deprecating
  • self-deprecatingly
  • wallflower
  • withdrawn
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(Definition ofdiffidencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdiffidence

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The women's movementdiffidencein debates on pluralism is also about its enduring scepticism about the value of engaging with the state.
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Those early clear waters, untainted by experience, influence anddiffidence, are already flowing sweetly but surely.
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Nationalism and the imperial theme are now embarrassments, anddiffidenceis - as it is here - the usual rhetorical stance.
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This knowledge alone demands a certaindiffidencetowards both the analyses and their results.
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I approach this latter issue with considerablediffidence.
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Yet the stunning quality of the best of this music belies any sense of relative creativediffidence.
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Diffidencein admitting to the use of this method, and of contraceptive practices in general, was especially marked among these subjects.
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In fact, they displayed adiffidencethat, at its extreme, actually pushed some rioters into seeking formal authorization for their protests.
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Some general practitioners perhaps feel a similardiffidencein relation to the hospital consultant.
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Naturaldiffidence, or an attitude inherited from an earlier teacher, may be responsible - but all students, whatever their potential, come to a conservatoire harbouring the desire to be successful players.
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I think this difficulty derives not at all from evasiveness on the part of the composer but instead serves an accurate measure of thediffidencesuch distinction imposes.
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He always speaks with greatdiffidenceabout a subject about which he has intimate knowledge.
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I speak with a certain amount ofdiffidencealthough perhaps with greater feeling than anyone who has spoken.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It increases my feeling ofdiffidenceabout not having heard all his speech.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Another reason for mydiffidencehas occurred within the last few days.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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