timorous

adj.

1. 羞怯的；胆怯的；畏怯的
   nervous and easily frightened

1. ADJ-GRADED 胆怯的;胆小的;易受惊吓的
   If you describe someone as timorous, you mean that they are frightened and nervous of other people and situations.
   1. He is a reclusive, timorous creature.
      他是个离群索居、胆小羞怯的家伙。
2. ADJ-GRADED 不果断的;缩手缩脚的
   If you describe someone's actions or decisions as timorous, you are criticizing them for being too cautious or weak, because the person is not very confident and is worried about the possible consequences of their actions.
   1. Some delegates believe the final declaration is likely to be too timorous.
      一些代表认为最后的声明可能不够强硬。

1. He is a reclusive, timorous creature.
   他是个离群索居、胆小羞怯的家伙。
2. Some delegates believe the final declaration is likely to be too timorous.
   一些代表认为最后的声明可能不够强硬。
3. Like a timorous bird you fly to my breast with eager love.
   像一只羞怯的鸟，你满怀热爱地飞到我胸前。
4. For love is respectful, and timorous. ( No.97)
   爱是尊敬的也是胆小的。
5. Yet the image of timorous investors resisting risk is not quite right.
   但风险厌恶投资者胆怯的形象似乎是不太恰当的。
6. New occupants were too timorous to complain to the landlord about the high rent.
   新房客胆子太小，不敢向房东抱怨房租太高。
7. But UBS is a reminder that for most, the future is as smaller, more timorous beasts.
   而瑞银则提醒我们，大多数银行将在未来成为更瘦小、更胆怯的野兽。
8. He was the most timorous person in that event.
   在那次事件中他是个胆小鬼。
9. "Men are even lazier than they are timorous, and what they fear most is the troubles with which any unconditional honesty and nudity would burden them."& Friedrich Nietzsche.
   人类，既胆怯又懒惰，他们最害怕的就是无条件的诚实和裸露会为他们带来的麻烦和负担。
10. Such valor continued once people took to the streets, where reporters describe women as being in the vanguard of action, goading more timorous men to get up and fight for their rights.
    婊子。这种英勇继续一群人走上街头，在那记者说明妇女作为是一种先锋行动，刺激更多恇男子站起来，争取自己的权利。
11. Whenever or wherever I see you next time I won't be timorous or evasive.
    每当或下次无论我在何处看见你我将不会是胆怯的或逃避的。
12. Timorous little mouse; in a timorous tone; cast fearful glances at the large dog.
    胆小的小老鼠；用一种胆怯的声音；胆怯的注视着那只大狗。
13. The timorous rabbit ran away. Using an ox to hunt a hare.
    那只胆小的兔子跑开了。用牛捕兔，小题大作。
14. Root of wash'd sweet-flag! Timorous pond-snipe! Nest of guarded.
    你将是雨水冲洗过的甜菖蒲草根！胆怯的池鹬！看守着双。
15. The timorous rabbit ran away.
    那只胆小的兔子跑开了。
16. Too timorous to protest the disrespect with which she was being treated, the young woman could only accept it with resignation.
    这个年轻的女人太懦弱了以致无力抗争她所遭受的不敬，她只能接受这一事实。
17. The Quai Branly museum may be just six years old, but it is in its way old-fashioned, a throwback to a less timorous time when museums were proud to display human scalps and heads shrunken by Amazon tribes ( pictured).
    凯布朗利博物馆可能只有六年的历史，但它的展览方式却有些复古怀旧，回到了过去那种较为大胆的时期：以展出人类的头皮和亚马逊部落的皱缩头颅（如图）为荣。

adj

1. timid by nature or revealing timidity
   1. timorous little mouse
   2. in a timorous tone
   3. cast fearful glances at the large dog

   Synonym:    fearfultrepid