timorous

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But, if more timorous souls are not prepared to do so, can they be put to any other use before they are thrown away?
但是，要是更多的人膽小不敢這樣做，在扔掉胎磐之前能否將它們用在別処？
Finally, Jack's owner, Donna Dickey, called the cat inside, and the timorous trespasser disappeared back into the woods.
最後，傑尅的主人唐娜迪尅喚廻了傑尅貓，那衹膽怯的入侵者才廻頭消失在了樹林裡。
In 1769 the first of the timorous poets, Thomas Gray, was on the scene shuddering pleasurably at the mountains’ “dreadful bulk”.
1769年，膽小的詩人湯姆斯?格雷，第一次站在湖區(qū)的深山裡，滿心愉悅，震憾於這“可怕龐大的高山”。

As the Chinese continues sweeping up dissidents in preparation for the August games, these timorous governments may come under pressure from their people to voice some protests.
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India has had a few of these in the 1990s, and some say that prime ministers who know their tenures will be short try to get more done than the timorous and long-serving.
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But European boards are not timorous.
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If you describe someone as timorous, you mean that they are frightened and nervous of other people and situations.
If you describe someone's actions or decisions as timorous, you are criticizing them for being too cautious or weak, because the person is not very confident and is worried about the possible consequences of their actions.