timidity

词根词缀:

词根
tim= to fear 害怕

intimidate v. 恐吓

in 使… + timid 害怕 + ate 使… → 使害怕 → 恐吓

intimidation n. 恐吓

in 使… + timid 害怕 + ation,intimidate 的名词 → 恐吓

timid adj. 胆怯的

tim 害怕 + id …的 → 胆怯的

timidity n. 胆怯

timid 害怕 + ity 具备某种性质,状况 → 胆怯

timorous adj. 胆小的

tim 害怕 + or 嘴;说 + ous …的 → 胆小的

数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全

相关例句:

By this time Emil had lost all his timidity.

这时,爱弥儿变得一点也不拘束了。

He had been fooled, faked out, by the Five Families and their seeming timidity.

他受骗了,上当了,被五大家族胆小怕事的外表迷住了心窍。

He had a terrible time in overcoming his timidity.

他费了很大的劲才克服了他的胆怯。

For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.

提后1:7因为神赐给我们、不是胆怯的心、乃是刚强、仁爱、谨守的心。

Another explanation for this timidity is that, understandably, fund managers are minding their own backs.

这种怯懦的另一个解释是,基金经理人得考虑自己的后路,这也可以理解。

It's the temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, it's the confidence faced setback and disappointment.

勇猛果敢而不是怯懦退缩,它的信心面对挫折与失望。