His ignoble resource, alas! is to attack a dull and timorous bird, the noddy, famous as a fisher.

唉，可叹啊，军舰鸟那不光彩的一面就是去攻击一只迟钝又胆小的鸟——以“渔夫”之名著称的燕鸥。

" Doesn't it interest you" ? asked Mrs. Penniman, with a certain timorous archness.

“你不感兴趣吗”？彭尼曼夫人问，带着某种胆怯的顽皮。

" Oh, that'll be all right, " said Philip, smiling at his timorous, scrupulous women-kind.

“哦，那没关系，” 菲利普说，对他那胆小、小心谨慎的女人微笑。

I looked with timorous joy towards a stately house: I saw a blackened ruin.

我怀着胆怯的喜悦看着一座庄严的房子：我看到了一片焦黑的废墟。

These two: " timid" and " timorous" , that's usually somebody who is always like that.

这两个：“timid” 和“timorous” ，通常是那种总是这样的人。

And " timorous" is the adjective. Okay? Oh, more extreme again: " terrified" . If you're really, really frightened, absolutely terrified.

而“胆怯” 是形容词。 好的？ 哦，又更极端了：“吓坏了” 。如果你真的， 真的害怕，绝对害怕。

He then becomes a hypocrite, timorous and demure; he counsels " peace of soul, " hate-no-more, leniency, " love" of friend and foe.

然后他变成了一个伪君子， 胆小而端庄。 他建议“灵魂的和平” 、不再仇恨、宽大、友敌之间的“爱” 。

'Did she not love you enough'? He drew his breath in a slow and attenuated stream, as he waited in timorous hope for the answer.

“她不够爱你吗”？当他怀着胆怯的希望等待答案时，他缓慢而微弱地吸了一口气。

Their intention to become husband and wife, at first halting and timorous, had accumulated momentum with the lapse of hours, till it now bore down every obstacle in its course.

他们结为夫妻的打算， 起初犹豫不决， 胆小怕事，随着时间的流逝， 势头越来越大， 直到现在克服了过程中的每一个障碍。

" I have not, " replied M. d'Anquetil, " those scruples which intimidate the crowd of ordinary men, and which I consider good only to stop the timorous and restrain the wretched" .

“我没有，”德安克蒂尔先生回答说，“那些恐吓普通人的顾忌，我认为这只是为了阻止胆小者和约束可怜者。”