- 1膽怯、怯懦(名詞,非常書面;一般寫 timidity 就好)。
Timorousness is the noun from timorous: the quality of being easily and having no confidence.
Timorousness是 is the noun from timorous從timorous來的名詞: the quality指的是那種特質 of being easily frightened容易受驚 and having no confidence而且沒有自信.
It is the rarest word in this family — formal and a little heavy in the mouth, and you will meet it mostly in essays, criticism, and older prose. Two uses: a person's fearful nature ('his lifelong timorousness'), and, more often in modern writing, the over-cautiousness of a group or a plan ('the timorousness of the committee', 'the timorousness of the film's ending'), where it is a criticism.
It is這 the rarest word in this family是這個字族裡最少見的字 — noticeably formal明顯很正式 and a little heavy in the mouth而且唸起來有點沉重, and you will meet it mostly你大多會在 in essays, criticism, and older prose論說文、評論和較早期的散文裡遇到它. Two uses兩種用法: a person's fearful nature一個人的膽怯性格 ('his lifelong timorousness')(「他一生的timorousness」), and, more often in modern writing而在現代寫作裡更常見的是, the over-cautiousness一個團體或計畫的過度謹慎 of a group or a plan一個團體或計畫的過度謹慎 ('the timorousness of the committee'「委員會的timorousness」, 'the timorousness of the film's ending')(「電影結局的timorousness」), where it is a criticism這時候是一種批評.
It is uncountable — no 'a timorousness', no plural. In practice most writers choose 'timidity' instead: same meaning, shorter, and far more common. Keep timorousness for when you have already used 'timorous' nearby and want the noun to match it, or when you want the sentence to sound deliberately formal.
It is它是 uncountable不可數的 — no 'a timorousness'沒有「a timorousness」這種說法, no plural也沒有複數. In practice實際上 most writers大多數作者 choose 'timidity' instead都改選「timidity」: same meaning意思一樣, shorter比較短, and far more common而且常見得多. Keep timorousness把timorousness留給 for when you have already used 'timorous' nearby你附近已經用過「timorous」 and want the noun to match it想讓名詞對應它的時候, or when you want the sentence或想讓句子 to sound deliberately formal刻意聽起來正式的時候.
core核心畫面
組成timorous + -ness. The ending -ness is the old native English way to make a quality-noun from an adjective — kind → kindness, dark → darkness — and it goes all the way back through Middle English -nesse and Old English -nes. Note that the base under it is borrowed Latin (timor 'fear'), while the ending is home-grown English.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
timorousnessnoun
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The property of being timorous.
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