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trepidation

/trep-i-dey-shuhn/US // ˌtrɛp ɪˈdeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌtrɛpɪˈdeɪʃən) //

兢兢业业,惶恐不安,畏惧,惶恐

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
    • : trembling or quivering movement; tremor.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounanxiety, worry

Examples

  • Nasir says his sister is filled with trepidation about the Taliban government she lives under in Kabul, and regrets not coming by road to Pakistan earlier this year.

  • Depending on what signs you pay attention to and where they are happening, prospects for a recovery run the gamut from bullish to trepidation.

  • From my vantage point, if people were not experiencing some fear and trepidation, that would be weird.

  • Unlike his peer and longtime rival Roy Williams in Chapel Hill, who built a legacy on relentless offensive rebounding and a general trepidation around the perimeter, Krzyzewski was willing to experiment and adapt his style to his personnel.

  • Following the critical success of Moonlight, it’s hard to believe that any Barry Jenkins project would be met with trepidation by the public.

  • “I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” Carson tells Mrs. Hughes with trepidation.

  • “I brought it with no small degree of trepidation,” Kucinich recalled in a lengthy phone conversation with the Daily Beast.

  • Less than a month before Election Day, Pressler seems to be feeling some trepidation about his movement in the polls.

  • Asked whether he had any trepidation about joining a show about a bunch of Hollywood brats, Johnson said yes.

  • Hope and trepidation persists that the twins presence indicates the coming of an Avengers/X-Men crossover film.

  • Two persons watched over her, and covered the mistakes she made in her nervous trepidation.

  • Sylvia had never been called Miss Garrison before, and it was not without trepidation that she heard herself so addressed.

  • I was very much in earnest, and I waited with nervous trepidation to see the effect of my peroration.

  • The door was open on to the landing, and I crossed the room, not without some inward trepidation, and went out.

  • Her mind was in a ferment of elation and doubt, of trepidation and joyful anticipation.