谨小慎微 meaning in English
be timid and overcautious; be cautious and meticulous; strain at a gnat; timorous and punctilious 短语和例子
Examples
- Why are you so defensive ?
你为什么要这样谨小慎微呢？ - We once paid a visit in company with the discreet mr. rosier .
我们已经随同谨小慎微的罗齐尔先生前来瞻仰过。 - I could understand how she would become defensive and intimidated .
我完全懂得她们是怎么变得谨小慎微，战战兢兢的了。 - Pettiness was incompatible not only with their personalities, but with their presences .
谨小慎微不但同他们的个性，而且跟他们的仪表都是不相容的。 - Mr. gryce was of the small chary type, most inaccessible to impulses and emotions .
古莱先生是那种谨小慎微的人物，既无真挚的情感，又无男性的冲动。