"I once thought of calling myself Red-handed Jack," he said diffidently.

“我曾经想过称自己为红手杰克。”他胆怯地说。

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"I don't suppose," Tootles said diffidently [bashfully or timidly], "that I could be father."

“我想，”图图胆怯地说，“我不能当父亲。”

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The country became a full NATO member in 1999 and diffidently joined the European Union in 2004.

波兰于一九九九年成为北约组织的正式成员国，并于二零零四年忧心忡忡地加入了欧洲国家联盟。

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Before his trip to Long Island he had promoted it rather diffidently to customers on his milk round.

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