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with trepidation
She read the message with trepidation.
她怀着恐惧读了那则消息。
恐惧；惊惶；忧虑
trepidations — plural of trepidation
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恐惧；惊惶；忧虑
a feeling of alarm or dread
She read the message with trepidation.
她怀着恐惧读了那则消息。
对未来不确定或可能发生不幸的焦虑；惶恐
Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
不自主的颤抖(有时是瘫痪的结果,但通常由恐惧引起)
An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
She felt a sense of trepidation before her first job interview.
她在第一次求职面试前感到一阵恐惧。
With some trepidation, he opened the mysterious letter.
他带着些许惶恐打开了那封神秘的信。
The students approached the exam with visible trepidation.
学生们带着明显的忐忑走向考场。
She read the message with trepidation.
她怀着恐惧读了那则消息。
Many students feel trepidation before an exam.
许多学生在考试前感到忧虑不安。
There was trepidation over the proposed changes.
对这些拟议中的变化存在着不安。
Not this
I was trepidation before the interview.
Use this
I felt trepidation before the interview.
trepidation 是名词，不能放在 be 动词后作表语；应使用 feel + trepidation 来表达“感到恐惧、忧虑”。
Not this
She had trepidation to travel alone.
Use this
She had trepidation about traveling alone.
trepidation 后接 about 加动名词来指明所恐惧的事情，不接不定式；about traveling alone 表示“对独自旅行这件事”。
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惶恐地；战战兢兢地
She opened the letter with trepidation.
她惶恐地打开了信。
一种恐惧感
He felt a sense of trepidation before the interview.
面试前他感到一阵恐惧。
感到恐惧；感到忧虑
Many students feel trepidation about speaking in public.
许多学生对公开演讲感到恐惧。
对……的忧虑
She expressed trepidation about the upcoming surgery.
她对即将到来的手术表示忧虑。
使充满恐惧
The dark forest filled me with trepidation.
漆黑的森林使我充满恐惧。
恐惧不安；惶恐
She waited for the test results with fear and trepidation.
她恐惧不安地等待着考试结果。
战战兢兢地；惴惴不安地
He spoke in front of the large audience with trepidation.
他战战兢兢地在大批观众面前讲话。
Use trepidations naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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把 trepidation 拆成 trepid（惊恐）+ ation；想象一个人吓得双腿直抖（tremble），恐惧感扑面而来。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、新闻报道、文学描写 「trepidation」是正式的书面用语，通常用来描述面对危险或未知时的畏惧与不安，多出现在文学描写、正式演讲或严肃报道中；日常口语中较少用，更常说 fear、anxiety 或 worry。
All six words end in -ation and share the final /ˈeɪʃən/ sound, so they rhyme with trepidation /ˌtrɛpɪˈdeɪʃən/. Beware the lookalike 'trepid' /ˈtrɛpɪd/, which has a different vowel and does not rhyme.
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