diffidence

n. 无自信, 畏缩, 羞怯

发音

其它 /ˈdɪfɪdəns/

词形变化

diffidences 复数 diffidences

别名

diffidency

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.

    可数 不可数

    "I was passing by," he began to stammer, trembling with his diffidence, "I—happened to be passing along this way, and so—er—as I was passing this way, I says to myself, says I, 'I'll just stop into the shop a minute.'

  2. 2.

    Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.

    可数 废旧 不可数

    I have no diffidence of your abilities—only be constant to one roguery at a time

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

self-doubt self-distrust

反义词 1

confidence

上位词 3

timidity timidness timorousness

下位词 3

hesitance hesitancy unassertiveness

词源

From Latin diffīdentiam (“distrust”), from diffīdere (“to mistrust”), from dis- and fīdere (“to trust”). Attested since ∼1400. The original sense was antonymous with confidence, and the modern sense of ‘distrusting oneself’ dates from the 1650s.

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