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单词 self-distrust
释义 self-disˈtrust
[self- 1 d.]
Distrust of oneself, one's powers, etc.
1789Burke Lett., to Dupont (1844) III. 105 It would become me, least of all, to be so confident, who ought..to have well learned the important lesson of self-distrust.1847Keble Serm. Pref. 19 Self-distrust is a temper so suitable to us.., that [etc.].a1890Liddon Life Pusey (1893) I. xviii. 441 Keble's habitual self-distrust made him at times of less service as an adviser than he might have been.
Hence self-disˈtrustful a., -disˈtrusting ppl. a.
1860J. Cairns Mem. J. Brown viii. 263 This lady..of mature, though *self distrustful piety.
1834Mrs. Hemans Sc. & Hymns of Life 58 A lowly, fearful, *self-distrusting heart.
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