Timidity

(noun.) fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities.

(noun.) fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions.

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• I availed myself of your obliging hints to correct my timidity, and it is unnecessary to add that they were perfectly accurate. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Almost for the first time in his life, Mr. Sedley found himself talking, without the least timidity or hesitation, to a person of the other sex. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• That is why we, the children of frontiersmen, city builders and immigrants, surprise Europe constantly with our worship of constitutions, our social and political timidity. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We were talking about your husband, Dorothea said, with some timidity. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She liked natural manners--a little timidity only set them off. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She did not move, and he came towards her with more doubt and timidity in his face than she had ever seen before. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But again the timidity of the wild thing in the face of human habitation swept over Tarzan of the Apes. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Did you ever see a counterfeit of timidity, Mr. Lorry? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Mrs. Archer and her group felt a certain timidity concerning these persons. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Then there came the voices of the two children calling shyly outside the door, softly, with self-excited timidity: 'Ursula! 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I'm afraid they mightn't like it, began Laurie, with unusual timidity in such matters. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• His glance in reply to hers was so chill that she felt her timidity increased; yet she turned and passed her hand through his arm. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• For Jos's former shyness and blundering blushing timidity had given way to a more candid and courageous self-assertion of his worth. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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