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timid ['tɪmɪd]
a. 胆小的, 羞怯的
timid
[ noun ]
- people who are fearful and cautious
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whitewater rafting is not for the timid
- showing fear and lack of confidence
- lacking self-confidence
- lacking conviction or boldness or courage
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stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
problems that call for bold not timid responses
a very unsure young man
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faint heart ne'er won fair lady
Timid \Tim"id\, a. [L. timidus, fr. timere to fear; cf. Skr. tam
to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide.]
Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous;
not bold; fearful; shy.
Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. --Thomson.
Syn: Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous;
faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring.
※ -- {Tim"id*ly}, adv. -- {Tim"id*ness}, n.
to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide.]
Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous;
not bold; fearful; shy.
Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. --Thomson.
Syn: Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous;
faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring.
※ -- {Tim"id*ly}, adv. -- {Tim"id*ness}, n.
- When Congress politicizes prosecutions to the point where the attorney general is too timid to apply the law to independent counsel, the integrity of the law itself is the first victim.
- His timid encouragement of private enterprise and some productivity-related incentives to workers was intended to bolster the dinar and liven up the moribund economy of his predecessor, and the architect of Algeria's bureaucracy, Houari Boumedienne.
- When intelligence agencies act like timid bureaucracies, Mr. Knightley sees them straining at the leash.
- It looks to us like a golden opportunity for George Bush to chop off at the knees all this talk about a timid, unserious presidency.
- Gore defended his own criticism of Jackson and characterized Dukakis as timid on the same score as the Democratic field pointed toward Wisconsin, next way station on the campaign marathon.
- Graduates are either too complacent, too confident or too timid.
- The institute said the federal government's response to the problem has been "timid." Federal spending on workplace health and safety failed to keep pace with inflation during the Reagan administration in the 1980s, it said.
- The Italian economy has begun to move from a timid recovery to sustained growth.
- Many radical Soviet reformers found the plan too timid.
- The "timid" response of precious metals prices yesterday indicates that investment demand is still weak, he said, but added that the recent bullish disclosures about Soviet reserves should hold prices above their recent lows.
- "We've already waited too long," Studds said. "We've been far too patient, far too timid, and we've watched far too many people die." The two sides recently agreed to negotiate under the auspices of the United Nations.
- This tone was set shortly after the conference opened, when the Romanian delegation chief quoted the top U.S. negotiator in calling for a less timid approach to economic reforms.
- "People say I'm shy, but I don't think so," she said. "I would say I'm just a bit timid." To the outside world, and most Egyptians, Mrs. Mubarak is a mystery.
- Mr. Alexander is stingy with details but offers a fetching hint of what is to come: "One of the lessons of education reform in the 1980s is that we've been too slow and too timid."
- One lesson of the past forty-five years is that no Congress and no president should be timid in the defense of freedom.
- Given the size of his fortune, Walker could afford the punt. But less fortunate entrepreneurs, tired of trotting round timid venture capital firms, must wish there were more Jack Walkers around.
- Friday's concert was well attended and well played. The group is relatively small (20 strings arranged 6-4-4-4-2) so there is nowhere for timid players to hide.
- The Commission acknowledges this, but its plans are too timid. Cost-benefit analysis It would, however, be naive to think that liberalisation can solve all the problems, especially in transport.
- In a campaign speech in 1983, Mr. Nakasone told his countrymen that they had created an image of themselves abroad as people who "become timid in front of strangers, act selfishly and are good at making money."
- Stepmother Diana Hoyt described the girl as a warm, loving person, but "very timid and afraid to be on her own."
- Everyone now seemed timid and afraid.
- The plan stemmed from an environmentalist lawsuit filed against 1982 district air quality standards, guidelines that current officials of the regional agency call timid.
- Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell accused President Bush today of being "overly timid" and urged him to suspend trade restrictions with the Soviet Union as a reward for permitting freer emigration.
- Bank of New England's failure this year stemmed in part from timid and tardy actions by bank examiners, congressional investigators reported.
- The Bush administration has complained that the Fed has been too timid in its credit loosening and has brought on an undue risk of a recession.
- He also has accused Dukakis of being "absurdly timid" in his treatment of Jackson.
- The clash was the latest in a rocky, three-year relationship during which Gorbachev kicked Yeltsin out of the Soviet leadership for blasting reform plans as too timid, and Yeltsin staged a political comeback based on widespread popular support.
- The trade and industry secretary is doubtless proceeding gingerly, as might have been expected, but his first offerings are pretty timid. That said, the government is going about it the wrong way.
- When the Exxon Valdez sailed into icy Alaskan waters, its crew included a timid helmsman, a second mate with alleged mental problems and a captain with a history of drinking, according to testimony at Joseph Hazelwood's criminal trial.
- While redemptions essentially were unchanged from April, the numbers show that investors increasingly are becoming timid about plunking down new money into long-term mutual funds, specialists say.
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timing
timing adjusting shaft
timing adjustment
timing algorithm
timing analysis
timing analyzer
timing and control unit
timing angle
timing asis oscillator
timing axis
timing base
Timing belt
timing belt different...
timing belt pulley
timing blasting fuze
timing box
timing cam
timing capacitor
timing card
timing case
timing cell
timing centre
timing chain
timing channel
timing chart
timing chip
timing circuit
timing clock
timing clutch
timing code
timing collet
timing comparator cir...
timing comparison
timing condenser
timing considerations
timing contactor
timing control
timing control reference
timing controller
timing correcting step
timing corrector
timing counter
timing current switch
timing curve
timing cycle
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timing data
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