1.No longer the quiet, diffident legal expert, he had become an action man.

他不再是个沉默寡言的法律专家，他已经成为一个行动派。

2.Not that he was against religion; he supported it, in a diffident Church of England way.

这并不表示他反对宗教；他支持宗教，以一种缺乏自信的英国国教的方式。

3.What arises from discretion must be honoured." " You think her diffident.

因谨慎而产生的后果必须得到尊重。“你觉得不屑一顾。机翻

4.Grant was a diffident, quiet boy - blue-eyed, russet-haired, pink-cheeked, and fair-skinned.

格兰是一个狡猾而安静的男孩——蓝眼睛、赤褐色头发、粉红色脸颊、皮肤白皙。机翻

5." That gemstone is called a lapis, " said Celeste in her diffident way.

" 颗宝石叫青金石, " 塞莱斯羞怯的方式说。机翻

6.Say, who was that rather diffident chap I saw you talking to round the back?

你刚才和他说过话, 显得怯生生的个家伙是什人?

7.Then Firestar spotted her a few tail-lengths away, watching him with an uncharacteristically diffident air.

然后火星在尾远的地方发现了，一种不同寻常的羞怯神情看着他。机翻

8.Normally she was so diffident and self-deprecating, so ready to let someone else have the opinions.

通常，是如此的怯懦和自嘲，备让别人发表意见。机翻

9.When I mentioned this, the writers said that Thomas Bell was atually a diffident man and a good executive.

当我提及此事时， 撰稿人解释说， 托马斯·贝尔实际上是个内向的人， 也是一位优秀的管理者。机翻

10.He was a diffident though distinguished nurseryman, and feared that the audience might regard his bid as a foolish one.

他是一个胆怯但杰出的托儿所， 担心观众会认为他的出价是愚蠢的。机翻

11.Even with Honey, with whom he had an unspoken understanding of marriage when he came into his property next fall, he was diffident and silent.

至于霍妮，他同已经有了默契，备来年秋天他继承了遗产的时候结婚，可是他跟他在一起时同样也很不自在，没有什好说的。

12.He brings out, as he bustles and bangs on his way, the diffident, shrinking figures who would otherwise be drowned in darkness.

当他匆匆忙忙地赶路时，他带出了些原本会淹没在黑暗中的羞怯、畏缩的人物。机翻

13.If you do hear this word, you'll probably hear it in the adjective form, " diffident." " Shyness" isn't necessarily a bad thing.

如果你确实听到这个词， 你可能会听到它以形容词的形式， “diffident” 。 害羞“不一定是坏事。机翻

14.Now, Mr. Bhaer was a diffident man and slow to offer his own opinions, not because they were unsettled, but too sincere and earnest to be lightly spoken.

且说巴尔先生是个谨小慎微的人，他不急于发表自己的意见，之所以如此倒并非因为这些意见尚有疑义，而是因为它们无比真诚与认真，不该轻描淡写地表达出来。

15.I'm a little diffident about revealing the tricks of my dishonorable calling, but the truth is, Conway's story, as I pondered over it afterwards, appealed to me enormously.

对于揭露我不光彩的职业的诡计，我有点害羞，但事实是，康威的故事，当我事后思考时，对我有极大的吸引力。机翻

16.Now, Hugh Elsing, Rene, the Simmons boys, Andy Bonnell and the others found him pleasant, diffident about putting himself forward and embarrassed when they spoke of the obligation they owed him.

邦内尔和其他很多人都感到他可亲而又谦虚，不愿意突出自己，而且他们谈到他的恩惠时还显得很难为情呢。

17.He was so shabbily attired; he was so diffident from the habit of living quite alone; he was horribly afraid lest it should be supposed that he looked for other assistance than he had requested.

他的衣着如此破旧;他与独居的习惯是如此不同;他非常害怕，生怕别人认为他正在寻找的帮助不是他所要求的。机翻

18.'I suppose no one ever had occasion to think you too diffident, or too delicate, ' Louisa answered him composedly: 'I have never made that objection to you, either as a child or as a woman.

“我想从来没有人认为你太害羞或太娇弱， ” 路易莎平静地回答他：“我从来没有对你提出过这样的反对意见， 无论是作为一个孩子还是一个女人。机翻

19.'When you chanced to mention Mr Reardon's name, ' she said, with a diffident smile in which lay that suggestion of humour so delightful upon a woman's face, 'you were going to say something more about him?

“当你碰巧提到里尔登先生的名字时，”说，脸上带着淡淡的笑容，脸上露出种令人愉快的幽默感，“你打算再说些关于他的事情吗？机翻