Translations for „timorous“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

timorous [ˈtımərəs] ADJ form

timorous

紧张而胆小的 jǐnzhāng ér dǎnxiǎo de

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English

A society that makes offending others a criminal offence will not only be unfree, it will also be claustrophobic, timorous and stagnant.

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She seemed tireless, was hardly ever timorous, and was quite unafraid to push the envelope.

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This is because their ghoulish appearance conceals a basically timorous nature.

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Not that you would know it, by the warnings dished out to timorous first timers like me.

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On the one side there were the timorous souls who were fearful of allowing a new cause of action.

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It signified yet another triumph for the besetting national vice -- of settling for a lazy, timorous consensus.

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The system of collaboration between an over-mighty press and timorous politicians is being exposed.

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Throughout, supporters delighted at what they considered a willingness to say what other more timorous and calculated politicians refused.

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The more timorous are afraid he might take them down with him.

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In spite of you and me, despite our quaking, timorous hearts, day dawns.

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