I did. You told me to stop being a shrinking violet and to step up.

我谈了啊。你告诉我不要做个羞怯的人，要挺身而出。

You have to see your opportunity and take it, nobody respects a shrinking violet.

必须看到你的机遇并抓住它，没有人尊敬羞怯的人。

What have we here? What beauty by my side? A rose in bloom, a shrinking violet?

这是什么？我身边的她多么美丽？朵含苞欲放的玫瑰，个娇美羞涩的少女！

She is a wallflower at social gatherings, a shrinking violet, as it were, but she wanted to step out of her comfort zone.

她在社交聚会上是个壁花，可以说是个羞怯的人， 但她想走出自己的舒适区。

We say that someone is " no shrinking violet" instead of saying " not a shrinking violet" .

我们说某人" no shrinking violet(不害羞的人)" ，而不是说" not a shrinking violet" 。

When faced with a difficult situation, a shrinking violet seems to get smaller.

面对困难时，个羞怯的人似乎变得更渺小了。

Lila was often perceived as a shrinking violet in the community.

莉拉在社区中常被视为个羞怯的人。

Well, if someone is a shrinking violet, maybe it was hard to even convince them to go to a social gathering to begin with.

那么， 如果个人是羞怯的人，可能开始就很难说服他们去参加社交聚会。

My friend Olga loves to perform. She is a great singer. And she's no shrinking violet!

我的朋友奥尔加喜欢表演。她是个很棒的歌手。她可不是个害羞的人！

Another adjective to describe a shrinking violet is modest.

另个形容羞怯的形容词是" modest" 。

If someone is a shrinking violet, usually it means that they are very shy.

如果某人是羞怯的人，通常意味着他们非常害羞。

She's also no shrinking violet when it comes to sharing her thoughts.

谈到分享自己的想法时，她也点不羞涩。

So we're learning about Lila here, and she was often perceived as a shrinking violet in the community.

所以我们在这里了解莉拉，她在社区中常被视为个羞怯的人。

It does seem that they have the best of all worlds, which is not great news for shrinking violets.

看起来他们确实拥有世界上最好的，这对于萎缩的紫罗兰来说并不是什么好消息。

So she makes it sound in this complaint, Arthur, like she is this powerless, shrinking violet.

所以在这份诉状中，亚瑟，她把自己描述成个无助、退缩的紫罗兰。

Someone timid might be called shrinking violet or a wallflower, while for especially nervous types we have the curious expression: they wouldn’t say boo to a goose.

胆小的人可能被称为畏缩的紫罗兰或壁花， 而对于特别紧张的类型， 我们有种奇怪的表达方式：他们不会对鹅说嘘。