shyness
n. 害臊,羞怯,胆怯
A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
She was a shy, quiet-spoken girl...
她是个害羞、说话轻声细语的女孩。
She was a shy and retiring person off-stage...
她在现实生活中是个腼腆而且不善社交的人。
If you are shy of doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen.
You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school.
在管理学校方面,你应该毫无顾忌地发表你的意见。
When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it.
Llewelyn's stallion shied as the wind sent sparks flying.
风一吹来,火星四溅,卢埃林的种马惊跳起来。
You say 'once bitten, twice shy' when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it.
If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
It is no use fighting shy of publicity and then complaining when sponsors pass us by...
一边对做宣传避之不及,一边又抱怨赞助人与我们擦身而过,这样做是没有用的。
Until now television had fought shy of covering by-elections.
迄今为止电视台一直竭力避免报道补缺选举。
A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it.
...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%...
几近53%的中学辍学率
He died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
他在离 95 岁寿辰仅差两天时去世了。
1. a feeling of fear of embarrassment
Many believe it was his shyness and insecurity which let him down.
很多人认为是他的腼腆和缺乏安全感拖了他的后腿。
There was a hint of schoolboy shyness in his explanation.
他的解释中带有一丝学生的羞涩。
Debilly had no Anglo-Saxon shyness about discussing money.
在谈到钱时,德比利毫无英国式的羞涩。
Eventually he overcame his shyness.
最终他克服了自己的羞怯。
She overcompensated for her shyness by talking too much and laughing too loud.
她为了克服自己的羞怯,却说话太多,笑声太大。