diffidence
英 ['dɪfɪd(ə)ns]
美 ['dɪfɪd(ə)ns]
diffidence 助记提示
1. dif- "lack of, not" + fid- + -ence.
2. => mistrust, distrust, lack confidence, distrusting oneself.
diffidence 英文词源
- diffidence
- diffidence: see defy
- diffidence (n.)
- c. 1400, from Latin diffidentia "mistrust, distrust, want of confidence," from diffidere "to mistrust, lack confidence," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + fidere "to trust" (see faith). Modern sense is of "distrusting oneself" (1650s). The original sense was the opposite of confidence.
diffidence 双语例句
1. What women mistake as thoughtlessness is often just diffidence. 女性误以为是考虑不周的事情往往只是缺乏自信。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He entered the room with a certain diffidence.
- 他怯生生地走进房间。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He failed through diffidence.
- 他因缺乏自信而失败.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Mr. Cruncher, with some diffidence, explained himself as meaning'Old Nick's.'
- 克朗彻先生觉得有点扫兴, 解释说他指的是 “ 老撒旦 ”.
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- 5. As a result Heath rarely exhibited Nixon's crippling diffidence.
- 因此,希思很少表现出尼克松那种郁郁寡欢.
来自辞典例句