timidity [tɪˈmɪdətɪ]

例句:

• He was soon disillusioned by the government's timidity on social reform.
  他不久就因政府在进行社会改革时缩手缩脚而不抱幻想了。
  
• He shows an almost childlike timidity in talking with strangers.
  他和生人谈话简直像小孩子一样面嫩.
  
• Again, such timidity is misplaced.
  这种胆怯又一次错位了.
  
• I assign that timidity to two other causes.
  来自WSJ
• What have we become when we respond to tinhorn despots with timidity?
  来自WSJ
• If he moved slowly, people on Wall Street accused him of timidity.
  来自NEWYORKER