trepidation

名词 n.
/ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/    /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence. countable,uncountable
    — I decided, with considerable trepidation, to let him drive my car without me.
  2. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear. countable,uncountable
  3. A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars. countable,obsolete,uncountable

词形变化

trepidations plural

词源

Borrowed from Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated”).
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