A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
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adj. 膽小的;羞怯的;怕人;羞手羞腳;
?? tim害怕+id...的 →膽怯的
"He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in."
他在門(mén)口停住了腳步，不好意思進(jìn)去。
近義：inhibited, ashamed, pusillanimous, bashful, sheepish, short
反義：imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome, nervy, plucky
n. 人;（語(yǔ)法）人稱(chēng);身體;容貌;
?? person-, parson- 表”人類(lèi)”
"The aforementioned person was seen acting suspiciously."
有人看見(jiàn)前面提到的那個(gè)人行動(dòng)可疑。
近義：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
反義：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
frightened
['fra?tnd]
adj. 害怕的;受驚的;
v. （使）驚恐( frighten的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞);嚇唬;
?? fright驚恐+en表動(dòng)詞 + ed...的→ 受驚的, 受恐嚇的
"Survivors waited for the rescue boats, dazed and frightened."
生還者不知所措，心有余悸，等待著救援船只。
近義：appalled, apprehensive, petrified, awed, awestricken, awestruck
n. 膽小鬼，懦夫;
adj. 怯懦的，膽小的;
?? cow嚇唬，嚇壞+ard不好的人 →膽怯者
"You coward! What are you afraid of?"
你這膽小鬼！你怕什么呢？
近義：quitter, slacker, pansy, wimp, chicken, pussy
反義：valiant, heroic, heroical, intrepid, lionhearted, manful
adj. 勇敢的，無(wú)畏的;有膽量的;英勇的;勐;
?? courage勇氣+ous形容詞后綴 →勇敢的
"a very courageous decision"
十分勇敢的決定
近義：intrepid, lionhearted, manful, manly, mettlesome, nervy
反義：poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, unmanly, yellowbellied, yellowbelly
adv. <美>以后，過(guò)后;
?? after以后+ward向...的→之后，后來(lái)，以后
"He dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed."
他事后仔細(xì)剖析那項(xiàng)計(jì)劃以便搞清它失敗的原因.
近義：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, presently, subsequently