in beijing, pride jostles with insecurity; studied diffidence sits alongside brisk self-confidence.
在北京,自豪感与不安全感交织在一起,刻意的谨慎与强烈的自信同时存在。
i fervently wished we could warm up into some discussion, but my diffidence got the better of my conversational powers.
我热烈希望我们能进行一次活跃的讨论。但是我的羞怯,压倒了热烈讨论的动力。
he has diffidence in expressing his opinions .
他表达意见时缺乏自信。
it is with some diffidence that i try to speak to you in his own home of newton as he was himself.
在牛顿自己的家里,我试图就牛顿为题来进行演讲,是有些忐忑不安的。
of bashfulness, diffidence or fear we had none, our main object being to bask in the heat of our own fervour.
我们没有害羞、胆怯和恐惧,因为我们的主要目的就是沉浸在我们自己的狂热当中。
b majored in chinese studies was his good friend, b introduced that oriental formality and diffidence was seldom his style, instead he was known as rather arbitrary and relaxed.
巴介绍说他很少有东方式的拘谨和内向,是个很随意放松的人。
the same diffidence induces me to hope for instruction and aid from the coordinate branches of the government.
同样的信心不足使我期望政府协调部门的指导和辅助。
among other things, diffidence has wormed it way into my love piano.
此外,这种缺乏的情况也影响了我对钢琴的热爱。
the tendency of a person to allow himself to be degraded, robbed, deceived, and exploited might be the diffidence of a god amongst men.
一个人听凭自己堕落、被掠夺、被欺骗、被利用,这或许是缺乏自信的表现。
mr yudhoyono’s former diffidence makes his new posture all the more striking.
尤多约诺总统以往的缺乏自信令其新姿态越发引人注目。
i can not disguise the diffidence with which i am about to enter on the discharge of my official duties.