trepidatious

英語

詞源

源自trepidate +‎ -ious，或至少結構如此，詳見trepidation。

形容詞

trepidatious (比較級 more trepidatious，最高級 most trepidatious)

1. 畏懼的，膽小的
   • 2020, Sophie Kinsella, Love Your Life, Dial Press, →ISBN:

     He looks a little trepidatious too, and we both laugh awkwardly as he nears me.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2023年2月27日, Elle Hunt, 「『Don’t make Frasier best friends with Elon Musk!』 Writers and comics offer their reboot tips」, 出自 The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Factor in Grammer’s outspoken Trumpism, which complicates the legacy of his defining role, and fans may be forgiven for feeling trepidatious.

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衍生詞彙

• trepidatiously
• trepidatiousness