timid

adj.胆小的；羞怯的；怕人；羞手羞脚

adj.

1. 羞怯的；胆怯的；缺乏勇气的
   shy and nervous; not brave
   1. He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in.
      他在门口停住了脚步，不好意思进去。
   2. They've been rather timid in the changes they've made (= they've been afraid to make any big changes) .
      他们对所进行的变革一直小心翼翼。
   3. a timid voice
      羞怯的声音

adj. 胆小的；羞怯的

timid 胆怯的，胆小的

来自拉丁语 timere,使恐惧，可能来自 PIE*teme,黑暗的，词源同 temerity,tenebrous.

1. A timid child, Isabella had learned obedience at an early age.
   伊莎贝拉是一个羞怯的孩子，很小就学会了顺从。
2. The President's critics say he has been too timid in responding to changing international developments
   批评总统的人认为他在应对风云变幻的国际局势时过于瞻前顾后。
3. The newspaper called the plan timid and unimaginative.
   该报称这一计划谨小慎微，毫无想象力。
4. The little girl is as timid as a hare, shy in the presence of strangers.
   这小姑娘胆子特别小，怕人。
5. He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in.
   他在门口停住了脚步，不好意思进去。
6. She has a timid and weak-willed nature and has no definite views of her own.
   她生性怯弱，没有主见。
7. He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.
   他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。
8. Don't scare her; she's rather timid.
   别吓唬她，她胆儿小。
9. If you're timid, loud and aggressive people are probably not good for you, and vice versa.
   他们的观点有可能会影响到你，如果你胆小，那么嗓门大的，咄咄逼人的人有可能不适合你。反过来也是一样。
10. I'm normally a very placid and timid person, she said.
    我通常是一个温和而又胆小的人，她说。
11. I am a timid child when light is dead.
    当光消隐时我是一个怯懦的孩子。
12. I wanted to take him fishing but I was too timid to ask him.
    我曾经想带他去打鱼，可是我不好意思对他说。
13. But you're too stupid, too timid.
    但你太愚蠢太胆小了。
14. Mary's bearing indicated that she was very timid.
    玛丽的举止表明她很羞怯。
15. Timid thoughts, do not be afraid of me. I am a poet.
    羞涩的思想啊，请不要害怕我。我是一个诗人。
16. Once there was a timid man who fell in love with a poor man.
    从前，有个胆小的男人爱上了另一个穷男人。
17. This can chase me urgently bad, I am timid and not to love an explanation.
    这可把我急坏了，我这个人脸皮薄又不爱解释。
18. John's a timid little boy.
    约翰是个胆小的小男孩。
19. Childish or timid person He is nothing but a chicken-hearted coward.
    孩子气的人胆怯的人他只是一个胆怯的懦夫。
20. He is a timid boy; it's impossible for him to brawl with anyone.
    他是一个胆小的男孩，他不可能和任何人吵架。
21. He was a tall, plump, very timid man.
    他是个又高又胖却很胆小的人。
22. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
    一个胆小的男人或男孩被认为有孩子气或无侵略性。
23. A couple of years ago, when I first saw her, she was a very timid girl.
    两三年前，当我第一次看到她时，她是一个非常胆小的女孩。
24. A cowardly or timid person.
    胆小鬼胆小或怯懦的人小王的胆怯是有名的。
25. Persuade her, if timid?
    如果她胆小就劝说她？
26. This is not to say the austerity is timid.
    这并不是说这些紧缩措施有些胆小。
27. As a result, I am timid now, this is not symmetric with my boy contour.
    结果是我现在很胆小，这与我男生的外形很不相称。
28. Hope Was but a timid friend;
    希望是个胆怯的朋友；
29. In those days he was very timid and shy.
    那时，他非常胆小，也很怕羞。
30. I am a little timid and lack of self-confidence.
    我有些胆小，缺乏自信。