词源

借自拉丁語 ，源自 (“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

(可數 和 不可數，複數)

1. 恐惧，不安，迟疑

   近義詞： 、、、、、

   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, , “The Reluctant Duke”, 出自 Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl, Indianapolis, Ind.: , →OCLC，頁號 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, , 章號 VII, 出自 :

     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 12月 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 – 2 Aston Villa”, 出自 :

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

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2. 颤抖，战栗；吓住

   近義詞： 、

参考资料

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “trepidation”, 《》（Online Etymology Dictionary）

异序词

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