Word · Frequency #19312
diffident
缺乏自信的；羞怯的
核心释义
常指因不自信而表现出的谦虚或羞怯
lacking self-confidence; modest and shy because of a lack of self-confidence
- 1.
缺乏自信；胆怯；谦虚。
Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest
- 2.
表现出谦逊的拘谨
showing modest reserve
- 3.
缺乏自信
lacking self-confidence
缺乏自信；胆怯；谦虚。；表现出谦逊的拘谨；缺乏自信；无自信的；谦虚谨慎的
用法In use
He was diffident about expressing his opinions in public.
用法提示：diffident 与 about 连用，表示对某事没有自信。
Despite her diffident smile, she was actually quite talented.
用法提示：diffident 修饰 smile，形容微笑中带着羞怯。
He spoke in a diffident tone, rarely making eye contact.
用法提示：diffident 修饰 tone，表示语气不自信。
she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture
stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
be diffident about sth
常见搭配，表示对某事不自信。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- diffident about
- 对……缺乏自信
- She was diffident about speaking in public.她对在公共场合发言缺乏自信。
- diffident manner
- 拘谨羞怯的态度
- He greeted us with a diffident manner.他拘谨羞怯地迎接了我们。
- diffident smile
- 腼腆的微笑
- She gave a diffident smile and looked down at the floor.她腼腆地笑了笑，低头看着地板。
- diffident voice
- 怯生生的语气
- He spoke in a diffident voice, barely audible.他说话带着怯生生的语气，几乎听不见。
- shy and diffident
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
diffident像confident但多了一个dif；dif让你想到difficult，自信遇到困难就变得缺乏自信、羞怯。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学描写 diffident 多用于正式或书面语境，常用来描述某人因缺乏自信而显得拘谨或谦逊。日常口语中更常见 shy 或 insecure。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与about连用，表示对某事缺乏自信
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these are true rhymes with 'diffident' (/ˈdɪfɪdənt/). 'confident' shares the spelling -fident but has a different vowel; 'different' looks similar but is pronounced /ˈdɪfrənt/; 'evident', 'accident', 'incident' and 'resident' share only the unstressed final syllable /dənt/, and their stressed vowels or consonants differ.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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