英语释义

• the affectation of being demure in a provocative way

片语

shyness羞怯

bashfulness羞怯；腼腆

英汉例句

• there is a natural coyness about her behavior.

  她的举止令人有种自然的羞答答的感觉。

• lord of my heart, no more shall there be for me waiting and weeping in corners, no more coyness and sweetness of demeanour.

  我心灵的主，我不会再向隅而泣，也不再畏怯娇羞。

• this coyness may be no crime, but a genuine wish not to appear bigheaded for their association with an institution that is shorthand for the acme of academe.

  这种矫情不是什么罪，可能只是真心希望不要因为自己归属于一个堪称学术巅峰代名词的机构而显得自大。

• she had a limp, and they said it was deliberate, from coyness .

  她走路有点一瘸一拐，他们说这是因为她怕羞，故意这样的。

• she has the required vulnerability, coyness and delicacy that befit her character lucky.

  她所需要的脆弱性，羞怯与细致的合意她的性格幸运。

• the coyness with which the pro-gamal campaign has begun suggests that, within the regime as well as among ordinary people, the presidential succession is by no means a done deal.

  亲加麦尔运动进行的受阻表明，在国家政权与普通百姓之中，总统职位的继承绝不是水到渠成的。

• yet despite mr merckle’s coyness and the still insalubrious reputation in germany of private equity and hedge funds, these business models are in fact steadily gaining ground.

  然而尽管默克尔先生遮遮掩掩，尽管私募基金和对沖基金在德国声名狼藉，他们的行业模式实际上已经越来越为人们所接受。

• there was no such coyness from ralph nader, who announced that he would run for president again.

  向来直言爽快的纳德最近宣布将再度竞选总统。

• then, as though her heart had said, 'is coyness longer necessary?

  后来，她心里似乎在说，“还有必要再羞答答的吗？

• his plan of procedure was different now - as though he had made up his mind that her negatives were, after all, only coyness and youth startled by the novelty of the proposal.

  他进行求婚的计划和过去不同了——仿佛他一心认为，她的拒绝只不过是被她没有经历过的求婚吓着了，不过因为年轻羞怯而已。

相似词

diffidence无自信；羞怯；内向