名詞 shrinking violet:

1. someone who shrinks from familiarity with others
   同義詞：shy person

1. Shrinking violet always ready to speak up for herself.
   她可不膽?。魏螆龊隙寄転樽约赫f話。
2. In the past we have tended to see Mr Smith, not perhaps as a shrinking violet, still less as the gentlest and meekest of spirits, but rather as an electric politician.
   在過去我們大概沒有把史密斯先生看做是一個膽小害羞的人，更沒有把他看做是一個最溫柔和順的人，而是把他看做是一個驚人的政治家。
3. She's no shrinking violet always ready to speak up for herself.
   她可不膽小--任何場合都能為自己說話。