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adv. 缺乏自信地；踌躇地；羞怯地
I once thought of calling myself Red-handed Jack, he said diffidently.
“我曾经想过称自己为红手杰克。”他胆怯地说。
I don't suppose, Tootles said diffidently [bashfully or timidly], that I could be father.
“我想，”图图胆怯地说，“我不能当父亲。”
The country became a full NATO member in 1999 and diffidently joined the European Union in 2004.
波兰于一九九九年成为北约组织的正式成员国，并于二零零四年忧心忡忡地加入了欧洲国家联盟。
By the end of the summer, he said, almost diffidently, most of them would be either killed or captured.
他略微缺乏底气地说到今年夏天结束的时候大部分敌人将会遭到歼灭或捕获。
When will we be married? she asked, diffidently, forgetting in her difficult situation that she had hoped he took her to be Drouet's wife.
“我们什么时候结婚呢？”她犹犹豫豫地问。在这为难的情势下，她忘了自己原来是希望他把她当作杜洛埃太太的。
adv.|hesitatingly/shrinkingly;缺乏自信地；踌躇地；羞怯地
"diffidently"是副词，描述一种因缺乏自信而表现出的犹豫、胆怯或拘谨的态度，常见于社交互动或自我表达场景。该词源自拉丁语"diffidere"（意为"不信任"），强调对自身能力或价值的不确定感。
从语言演变角度看，《牛津英语词典》指出，该词自16世纪进入英语体系后，始终与谦逊、克制的行为特征相关联。心理学研究显示，这种态度可能源于对负面评价的过度敏感，属于自我保护机制的表现（《心理学前沿》第8卷第203页）。
典型应用场景包括：
权威词典释义佐证：
具体参考文献： 牛津词典 diffident 词条 https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/diffident
剑桥词典 diffident 释义 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/diffident
韦氏词典 diffident 解析 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diffident
"Diffidently" 是副词，表示“缺乏自信地”或“胆怯地”，常用于描述因自我怀疑而犹豫、拘谨的行为或态度。其核心含义可拆解为：
词源与构成
源自拉丁语 diffidere（dis- 表否定 + fidere 表“信任”），字面意为“不信任自己”，引申为对自身能力或判断的不确定。
典型用法
近义词与反义词
语境差异
与 shyly（因性格内向而害羞）不同，diffidently 更强调因自我怀疑产生的谨慎；与 humbly（谦逊）不同，它隐含被动退缩而非主动低调。
例句补充：
"The intern diffidently handed over the report, unsure if her analysis was thorough enough."（实习生犹豫地递交报告，不确定分析是否全面。）
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