shrinking violet

英汉释义

• na.

  1.非常怕羞的人;谦逊的人

英英释义

• n.

  1.someone who is very shy

英汉例句

• 1.George has a very good mind. He would rise fast in the world if he weren't such a shrinking violet.

  乔治很聪明。如果他不是一个畏首畏尾的人，在社会上早就出人头地了。

• 2.But just as you don't want to be a shrinking violet who is fearful of sharing thoughts, you don't want to be labeled as disruptive either.

  你不会希望成为一个害怕分享想法的缩头乌龟；同样你也不会希望被认为破坏者。

• 3.He looks like a shrinking violet, because he is afraid to talk with girls.

  他看上去是个很羞涩的男孩，不敢和女孩子说话。

• 4.No one has ever accused CNN commentator Jack Cafferty of being a shrinking violet.

  从未有人责备美国有线新闻网的评论员杰克•卡弗蒂是个畏首畏尾的人。

• 5.nobody respects a shrinking violet.

  没有人会尊敬羞怯的人。

• 6.A rose in bloom, a shrinking violet.

  盛开的玫瑰，羞怯的紫罗兰。

• 7.She is no shrinking violet.

  她不是壹个怕羞的人。