His talent was submerged by his shyness.

他湮没了他才华。

" Me? " He was mimicking my modesty.

“我？”他在模仿我。

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

我谈了啊。你告诉我不要做一个人，要挺身而出。

One way to overcome diffidence while brainstorming, for instance, is for everyone to write down their ideas but ensure they are anonymous.

在团队开展头脑风暴时，克服一个办法就是让所有人写下自己想法，并且保证匿名。

So how did Erica beat her shyness and become the confident communicator she is today?

所以艾丽卡是如何克服自己并成为今天这样自信沟通者？

Shrinking violets are not bold. They are afraid to speak their minds.

人并不大胆。他们害怕说出自己想法。

The games help to lower inhibitions. This helps people make connections, said Jason Shaw.

游戏有助于降低人们感。这可以帮助人们建立联系，杰森·肖说。

In the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome, prompted by ever increasing encounters between peoples who lived very different and mutually unfamiliar lives, thanks the developments in trade and shipping an alternative to shyness developed.

在希腊和罗马古代文明中，由于人们渐渐要和更多过着非常不同、相互陌生生活人接触，由于贸易和航运发展，替代方式逐渐发展。

In particular, Liu shows Rong's curiosity and nervousness in a strange environment, his shyness and happiness around familiar and close people, his full devotion and anxiety when decoding, as well as his relief and clarity after being relieved...

特别是，刘浩然展现了容金珍在陌生环境中好奇和紧张、在熟悉和亲近人面前与快乐、在解密过程中全情投入与焦虑，以及在解脱后释然与澄澈。

And on he went with his talk, while Arthur stole timidly from between the beds out to his wash-hand stand, and began his ablutions, thereby drawing for a moment on himself the attention of the room.

汤姆继续和别人说话，阿瑟从床间隙中走到洗手架，洗了起来，也吸引了房间里其他人目光。

Poor Laurie didn't know where to look, for, man though he was, something of the old bashfulness came over him as this burst of praise made all faces turn approvingly upon him.

可怜劳里都不知道该往哪儿看了，因为这一阵突如其来赞扬使得所有脸都赞许转向他，他过去心理多少又兜上他心头。

The next day the children were as ill-behaved as before, and poor, timid Gretchen received a loaf scarcely half the size of the one she got the first day.

第二天，那些孩子们和第一天一样没礼貌。而穷苦、格雷琴得到了更小面包，几乎只有前一天那条面包一半大。

The superstratum of timidity which often overlies those who are daring and defiant at heart had been passed through, and the mettlesome substance of the woman was reached.

那些外表人往往掩盖着内心勇敢和无畏，此时这层外表已被穿透，这个女人又变得有气魄起来。

He was not generally popular among the undergraduates, though it always seemed to me that what was set down as pride was really an attempt to cover extreme natural diffidence.

因为他看上去很骄傲，所以在大学生中是不怎么受欢迎，但我总觉得他骄傲，实际上是图掩盖他那天生表现。

" " Rays of gentle light shone from her large, timid eyes. Those eyes lit up the whole of her thin, sickly face and made it beautiful.

玛丽雅公爵小姐画了十字，吻了吻圣像，把它递给安德烈公爵。“安德烈，你就为了我...她那双大眼睛闪耀善良而光芒。这双眼睛使她清瘦病容焕发光辉，变得美丽。

He could always tell her from Joe by her sheepish little grin, and the funny dimple which appeared in one cheek when she was bothered.

他总能从她那小咧嘴一笑，以及她生气时在她脸上露出滑稽酒窝，把她和乔区别开来。

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，可以说是个人， 但她想走出自己舒适区。

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

必须看到你机遇并抓住它，没有人尊敬人。

He was a slender, weedy boy, small for his eight years, quiet almost to shyness, never speaking unless spoken to.

他是个瘦小而孱弱孩子，虽然八岁了，但个子很矮，文静得到了步，除非别人跟他说话，否则是从来不开口。

Another way to overcome shyness and actually speak up in a conversation is to have a story to share.

在对话中克服、大胆发言另一种方法就是拥有一个故事去分享。