trepidation

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英语

词源

借自拉丁語 trepidātiō，源自trepidō (“不安”)。

发音

• (標準英音，美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/

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名词

trepidation (可數和不可數，複數 trepidations)

1. 恐惧，不安，迟疑

   近義詞：agitation、apprehension、consternation、fear、hesitation、worry

   I decided, with considerable trepidation, to let him drive my car without me.

   我迟疑了好久，最后还是决定让他不带我开我的车走了。

   • 1915，Edgar Jepson，“The Reluctant Duke”, in Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl，Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC，頁 135:

     She reached it soon after half-past two. She found its gloomy nineteenth-century façade, black with the smuts of ninety years, a little daunting, and mounted its broad steps in some trepidation. But she rang the bell hard and knocked firmly.

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   • 1929，M. Barnard Eldershaw，章號 VII, in A House is Built:

     She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?

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   • 2011年12月10日，Marc Higginson，“Bolton 1 – 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport:

     The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.

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2. 颤抖，战栗；吓住

   近義詞：quaking、quivering

相关词汇

• intrepid
• trepid
• trepidancy
• trepidate
• trepidatious
• trepidatiously
• trepidatiousness
• trepidatory
• trepidity
• trepidly

参考资料

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025年)，“trepidation”，《在线词源词典》（Online Etymology Dictionary）

异序词

• departition, partitioned