
adv. 缺乏自信地;躊躇地;羞怯地
I once thought of calling myself Red-handed Jack, he said diffidently.
“我曾經想過稱自己為紅手傑克。”他膽怯地說。
I don't suppose, Tootles said diffidently [bashfully or timidly], that I could be father.
“我想,”圖圖膽怯地說,“我不能當父親。”
The country became a full NATO member in 1999 and diffidently joined the European Union in 2004.
波蘭于一九九九年成為北約組織的正式成員國,并于二零零四年憂心忡忡地加入了歐洲國家聯盟。
By the end of the summer, he said, almost diffidently, most of them would be either killed or captured.
他略微缺乏底氣地說到今年夏天結束的時候大部分敵人将會遭到殲滅或捕獲。
When will we be married? she asked, diffidently, forgetting in her difficult situation that she had hoped he took her to be Drouet's wife.
“我們什麼時候結婚呢?”她猶猶豫豫地問。在這為難的情勢下,她忘了自己原來是希望他把她當作杜洛埃太太的。
adv.|hesitatingly/shrinkingly;缺乏自信地;躊躇地;羞怯地
"diffidently"是副詞,描述一種因缺乏自信而表現出的猶豫、膽怯或拘謹的态度,常見于社交互動或自我表達場景。該詞源自拉丁語"diffidere"(意為"不信任"),強調對自身能力或價值的不确定感。
從語言演變角度看,《牛津英語詞典》指出,該詞自16世紀進入英語體系後,始終與謙遜、克制的行為特征相關聯。心理學研究顯示,這種态度可能源于對負面評價的過度敏感,屬于自我保護機制的表現(《心理學前沿》第8卷第203頁)。
典型應用場景包括:
權威詞典釋義佐證:
具體參考文獻: 牛津詞典 diffident 詞條 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/diffident
劍橋詞典 diffident 釋義 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/diffident
韋氏詞典 diffident 解析 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diffident
"Diffidently" 是副詞,表示“缺乏自信地”或“膽怯地”,常用于描述因自我懷疑而猶豫、拘謹的行為或态度。其核心含義可拆解為:
詞源與構成
源自拉丁語 diffidere(dis- 表否定 + fidere 表“信任”),字面意為“不信任自己”,引申為對自身能力或判斷的不确定。
典型用法
近義詞與反義詞
語境差異
與 shyly(因性格内向而害羞)不同,diffidently 更強調因自我懷疑産生的謹慎;與 humbly(謙遜)不同,它隱含被動退縮而非主動低調。
例句補充:
"The intern diffidently handed over the report, unsure if her analysis was thorough enough."(實習生猶豫地遞交報告,不确定分析是否全面。)
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