Timid

(noun.) people who are fearful and cautious; 'whitewater rafting is not for the timid'.

(adj.) showing fear and lack of confidence .

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• What was there in this simple and somewhat pretty sleeping-closet to startle the most timid? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And Meg offered her hand with a gesture both affectionate and timid. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Certainly, in her timid yet earnest advance to friendship, it could not be denied that there was a most exquisite and fairy charm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I am not timid generally, but I am always afraid of him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It is those who injure women who get the most kindness from them--they are born timid and tyrants and maltreat those who are humblest before them. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The timid little beauty promises in all earnestness to be trustworthy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Jos, a clumsy and timid horseman, did not look to advantage in the saddle. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• They will have heard all the tumult, Fieldhead and the cottage are so near; and Hortense is timid in such matters--so, no doubt, is Mrs. Pryor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The poor soul grew so timid that she actually left off bullying Briggs any more, and clung to her niece, more fond and terrified every day. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She came up after him, in the usual plain dress, and with the usual timid manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It seems as inevitable that voyaging should make men free in their minds as that settlement within a narrow horizon should make men timid and servile. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Gladly would I give it if I could, but I only know that it was the whim of my timid Viola, and I yielded to it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• How was she to bare that timid little heart for the inspection of those young ladies with their bold black eyes? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Perdita, even where she loved, was reserved and timid; Idris was frank and confiding. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• After taking a timid peep at him lying on his back, with his rusty hands under his head for a pillow, his son lay down too, and fell asleep again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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