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diffident about something/doing something
collocation
shy and not confident of your abilities: 羞怯的，怯生生的
You shouldn't be so diffident about your achievements - you've done really well!你不该对自己的成绩这么不自信——你做得的确很好！
Bob felt diffident about challenging an older man.
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diffident
She is very quietly spoken, shy, and diffident about her heavily accented English.
Some authors are diffident about their thesis, burying it in a blizzard of qualifications and footnotes.
Although he was diffident about going to teach at Newton College, he still went.
Katrina felt diffident about making suggestions.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Shy and modest
aw shucks
backward
bashful
bashfully
bashfulness
inadequacy
inadequate
indoorsiness
indoorsy
inhibited
mousy
reticently
retiring
self-conscious
self-consciously
self-consciousness
shyness
unassuming
wallflower
withdrawn
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