Definition of trepidation in English:

trepidation

noun ˌtrɛpɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)nˌtrɛpəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
（对可能发生的事的）惊恐，悸惧，不安
the men set off in fear and trepidation
这些人战战兢兢地出发了。
Example sentencesExamples
- I have been told on more than one occasion that arrival of the video on the doormat has been met with fear, trepidation, emotion, even panic.
- Having come from such an ignominious background there was a certain amount of trepidation but fear not for I discovered the magic of the wok!
- I arrived at my first board meeting, with a great deal of trepidation, and was very impressed.
- Twice the fish is close, the tuna boat far behind, bemused fishermen watching our manoeuvres with some trepidation.
- If they do go alone, they will be sent amid trepidation and trembling.
- That it is not a place where we have any trepidation or fear.
- Having gone into the clinic with some trepidation, I walk out of it feeling like a man who has drunk deep from the fountain of life.
- Police patrols at the bridges have been stepped up but the detailed nature of the warning is bound to add trepidation to an already nervous situation.
- For from some deep reaches of my soul, an icy cold fear and trepidation had exploded upward.
- Of course, most people respond to a note like that with fear and trepidation and then anger.
- Selling a property in this country can be a fraught business, full of fear and trepidation and attended by frustration and delay at every point.
- Most arrive with fear and trepidation and have to cultivate the ability to cope.
- It still produced that certain amount of trepidation and fear in the pit of her stomach.
- Thanks for your kind words about the articles, but why did you feel fear and trepidation?
- If the body movements are shaky with trepidation, physical aging has affected the person.
- As the calendar flips to the new millennium, I feel both joy and a sense of trepidation.
- Yet there is a hint of trepidation as he voices his fears that his team might struggle to get out of their squandering habits.
- His body was trembling in trepidation as he recognized the dulcet voice of a young maid named Élise.
- This he did, in fear and trepidation, taking with him two other church workers who were accompanying him.
- Japanese eat fugu without much fear or trepidation because of the confidence they have in licensed chefs.
Synonyms
fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness, apprehensiveness, agitation, anxiety, worry, nervousness, tension, misgivings, unease, uneasiness, foreboding, disquiet, disquietude, perturbation, discomposure, dismay, consternation, alarm, panic, trembling, jumpiness
British nerviness
informal butterflies, jitteriness, the jitters, a cold sweat, a blue funk, the heebie-jeebies, the willies, the shakes, the yips, the jim-jams, collywobbles, cold feet
British informal the (screaming) abdabs/habdabs
Australian rhyming slang Joe Blakes
2archaic Trembling movements or motion.
〈古〉震颤，颤抖

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin trepidatio(n-), from trepidare 'be agitated, tremble', from trepidus 'alarmed'.

tremendous from mid 17th century:
Tremendous goes back to Latin tremere ‘to tremble’, and had the original sense of something that makes you tremble (Middle English). Trepidation (Late Middle English) and intrepid (late 17th century) are from the related trepidare ‘tremble’.

Definition of trepidation in US English:

trepidation

nounˌtrepəˈdāSH(ə)nˌtrɛpəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n

1A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.
（对可能发生的事的）惊恐，悸惧，不安
the men set off in fear and trepidation
这些人战战兢兢地出发了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Twice the fish is close, the tuna boat far behind, bemused fishermen watching our manoeuvres with some trepidation.
- Having gone into the clinic with some trepidation, I walk out of it feeling like a man who has drunk deep from the fountain of life.
- I arrived at my first board meeting, with a great deal of trepidation, and was very impressed.
- For from some deep reaches of my soul, an icy cold fear and trepidation had exploded upward.
- If they do go alone, they will be sent amid trepidation and trembling.
- Thanks for your kind words about the articles, but why did you feel fear and trepidation?
- Selling a property in this country can be a fraught business, full of fear and trepidation and attended by frustration and delay at every point.
- It still produced that certain amount of trepidation and fear in the pit of her stomach.
- That it is not a place where we have any trepidation or fear.
- Of course, most people respond to a note like that with fear and trepidation and then anger.
- This he did, in fear and trepidation, taking with him two other church workers who were accompanying him.
- His body was trembling in trepidation as he recognized the dulcet voice of a young maid named Élise.
- Having come from such an ignominious background there was a certain amount of trepidation but fear not for I discovered the magic of the wok!
- Police patrols at the bridges have been stepped up but the detailed nature of the warning is bound to add trepidation to an already nervous situation.
- As the calendar flips to the new millennium, I feel both joy and a sense of trepidation.
- If the body movements are shaky with trepidation, physical aging has affected the person.
- Japanese eat fugu without much fear or trepidation because of the confidence they have in licensed chefs.
- Yet there is a hint of trepidation as he voices his fears that his team might struggle to get out of their squandering habits.
- Most arrive with fear and trepidation and have to cultivate the ability to cope.
- I have been told on more than one occasion that arrival of the video on the doormat has been met with fear, trepidation, emotion, even panic.
Synonyms
fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness, apprehensiveness, agitation, anxiety, worry, nervousness, tension, misgivings, unease, uneasiness, foreboding, disquiet, disquietude, perturbation, discomposure, dismay, consternation, alarm, panic, trembling, jumpiness
2archaic Trembling motion.
〈古〉震颤，颤抖

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin trepidatio(n-), from trepidare ‘be agitated, tremble’, from trepidus ‘alarmed’.

词汇	trepidation
释义	Definition of trepidation in English: trepidation noun ˌtrɛpɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)nˌtrɛpəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen. （对可能发生的事的）惊恐，悸惧，不安 the men set off in fear and trepidation 这些人战战兢兢地出发了。 Example sentencesExamples I have been told on more than one occasion that arrival of the video on the doormat has been met with fear, trepidation, emotion, even panic. Having come from such an ignominious background there was a certain amount of trepidation but fear not for I discovered the magic of the wok! I arrived at my first board meeting, with a great deal of trepidation, and was very impressed. Twice the fish is close, the tuna boat far behind, bemused fishermen watching our manoeuvres with some trepidation. If they do go alone, they will be sent amid trepidation and trembling. That it is not a place where we have any trepidation or fear. Having gone into the clinic with some trepidation, I walk out of it feeling like a man who has drunk deep from the fountain of life. Police patrols at the bridges have been stepped up but the detailed nature of the warning is bound to add trepidation to an already nervous situation. For from some deep reaches of my soul, an icy cold fear and trepidation had exploded upward. Of course, most people respond to a note like that with fear and trepidation and then anger. Selling a property in this country can be a fraught business, full of fear and trepidation and attended by frustration and delay at every point. Most arrive with fear and trepidation and have to cultivate the ability to cope. It still produced that certain amount of trepidation and fear in the pit of her stomach. Thanks for your kind words about the articles, but why did you feel fear and trepidation? If the body movements are shaky with trepidation, physical aging has affected the person. As the calendar flips to the new millennium, I feel both joy and a sense of trepidation. Yet there is a hint of trepidation as he voices his fears that his team might struggle to get out of their squandering habits. His body was trembling in trepidation as he recognized the dulcet voice of a young maid named Élise. This he did, in fear and trepidation, taking with him two other church workers who were accompanying him. Japanese eat fugu without much fear or trepidation because of the confidence they have in licensed chefs. Synonyms fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness, apprehensiveness, agitation, anxiety, worry, nervousness, tension, misgivings, unease, uneasiness, foreboding, disquiet, disquietude, perturbation, discomposure, dismay, consternation, alarm, panic, trembling, jumpiness British nerviness informal butterflies, jitteriness, the jitters, a cold sweat, a blue funk, the heebie-jeebies, the willies, the shakes, the yips, the jim-jams, collywobbles, cold feet British informal the (screaming) abdabs/habdabs Australian rhyming slang Joe Blakes 2archaic Trembling movements or motion. 〈古〉震颤，颤抖 Origin Late 15th century: from Latin trepidatio(n-), from trepidare 'be agitated, tremble', from trepidus 'alarmed'. tremendous from mid 17th century: Tremendous goes back to Latin tremere ‘to tremble’, and had the original sense of something that makes you tremble (Middle English). Trepidation (Late Middle English) and intrepid (late 17th century) are from the related trepidare ‘tremble’. Definition of trepidation in US English: trepidation nounˌtrepəˈdāSH(ə)nˌtrɛpəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n 1A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen. （对可能发生的事的）惊恐，悸惧，不安 the men set off in fear and trepidation 这些人战战兢兢地出发了。 Example sentencesExamples Twice the fish is close, the tuna boat far behind, bemused fishermen watching our manoeuvres with some trepidation. Having gone into the clinic with some trepidation, I walk out of it feeling like a man who has drunk deep from the fountain of life. I arrived at my first board meeting, with a great deal of trepidation, and was very impressed. For from some deep reaches of my soul, an icy cold fear and trepidation had exploded upward. If they do go alone, they will be sent amid trepidation and trembling. Thanks for your kind words about the articles, but why did you feel fear and trepidation? Selling a property in this country can be a fraught business, full of fear and trepidation and attended by frustration and delay at every point. It still produced that certain amount of trepidation and fear in the pit of her stomach. That it is not a place where we have any trepidation or fear. Of course, most people respond to a note like that with fear and trepidation and then anger. This he did, in fear and trepidation, taking with him two other church workers who were accompanying him. His body was trembling in trepidation as he recognized the dulcet voice of a young maid named Élise. Having come from such an ignominious background there was a certain amount of trepidation but fear not for I discovered the magic of the wok! Police patrols at the bridges have been stepped up but the detailed nature of the warning is bound to add trepidation to an already nervous situation. As the calendar flips to the new millennium, I feel both joy and a sense of trepidation. If the body movements are shaky with trepidation, physical aging has affected the person. Japanese eat fugu without much fear or trepidation because of the confidence they have in licensed chefs. Yet there is a hint of trepidation as he voices his fears that his team might struggle to get out of their squandering habits. Most arrive with fear and trepidation and have to cultivate the ability to cope. I have been told on more than one occasion that arrival of the video on the doormat has been met with fear, trepidation, emotion, even panic. Synonyms fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness, apprehensiveness, agitation, anxiety, worry, nervousness, tension, misgivings, unease, uneasiness, foreboding, disquiet, disquietude, perturbation, discomposure, dismay, consternation, alarm, panic, trembling, jumpiness 2archaic Trembling motion. 〈古〉震颤，颤抖 Origin Late 15th century: from Latin trepidatio(n-), from trepidare ‘be agitated, tremble’, from trepidus ‘alarmed’.
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