| 单词 | unassertive |
| 例句 | He wished me happy birthday and shook my hand—how feathery and unassertive his grip was—and left. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They chose to ignore our calls for discipline and thought our advice feeble and unassertive. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z THE xx, from England, pushes that idea to a near minimum, with glumly romantic songs that distill mope-rock down to just a beat, a note or two and a breathy, unassertive vocal — sparse but sufficient. The Week Ahead: Aug. 8 ? 14 2010-08-04T19:06:00Z What comes across loud and clear in the film is the sense that Filin is a divisive and unassertive figure, well-liked by a few and distrusted by many. The Power Plays at the Bolshoi, On Film 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z But taking it over on Friday, the soprano Elza van den Heever was representative of a cast that sounded wan and unassertive. When the Orchestra Is the Star of the Opera 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z A brisk midtempo beat clicks and ticks quietly through the tracks, with unassertive bass lines almost humming to themselves; later the propulsion becomes just slightly more insistent. Playlist: Melodic Wanderings, Starting in Timbuktu 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z In its unassertive way, though, her debut album is a trove of small pleasures. Lucy Rose: Like I Used To – review 2012-09-27T21:25:01Z The Cooper-Hewitt’s Gilded Age interior tends to overpower whatever is in it, particularly work that is visually unassertive, as much of this is. Art Review: Thinking Green ? Design Triennial at Cooper-Hewitt 2010-05-13T21:45:00Z Mr. Owens had found the era’s blend of narcissism and modesty, and his voice, unassertive but direct, became more a reminiscence than a pose. Music Review: Christopher Owens at the Bowery Ballroom 2013-01-22T22:15:24Z I surmise that my mother’s logic was rooted in linking feminine traits like a softer voice with being soft, weak, and unassertive. "I want to know you're a girl" to "You’re a guy, right?": What our focus on gender leaves out 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z It feels calming, unassertive, and it puts art in a proportionate relationship to life. Review | Zoe Leonard speaks straight to your soul 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Yet the hope Sorley expresses in this repetition remains measured and unassertive. Poem of the week: To Germany by Charles Hamilton Sorley 2012-11-14T10:20:03Z She possessed an unassertive goodness, which may well explain why she was so adept at making kind characters interesting. Pat Keen obituary 2013-03-21T13:38:50Z That May — two months after he turned 18 — the self-described "bookish, introspective, and fairly unassertive" college student volunteered for induction into the Army. Charles Champlin dies at 88; former L.A. Times arts editor, critic 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Without these insights, what remains is less the impression of a feminist musician than of an absent mother, neglectful friend and unassertive wife. ‘I Am Woman’ Review: Singing Against Sexism 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z After a time, Patterson’s play-it-down-the-middle approach feels less like the remembrances of a Renaissance man and more like evasive, unassertive hedging. Review | James Patterson shares his formula for success. It’s pretty simple. 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z The sun, only rarely in evidence behind gray clouds, set quickly and bade us an unassertive farewell. Last day of 2021, warm but also subdued 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z His 2014 debut feature, “Something, Anything,” was the affecting story of a shy, unassertive young woman seemingly destined for marriage and motherhood, until suddenly, one day, she realizes — decides — that she isn’t. Review: The deeply moving 'Light From Light' is a haunted-house movie like no other 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z “Roberts was known to be unassertive, which made him subject to the president’s importuning,” Beschloss writes. New history highlights ties between presidents, justices 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z As a result, he developed a poor self-image, rendering him unexpressive and unassertive. Judas Priest's KK Downing on his departure: 'I felt I was in crisis' 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Typically, “Type C” individuals are the antithesis of warriors: They are unassertive people-pleasers who repress their emotions. Perspective | It doesn’t take a warrior to beat cancer. It takes a treatment that works. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z A year ago, there was close to a consensus Republican position that Obama and the Democrats were politically vulnerable for having been insufficiently unassertive militarily. Barney Frank: Obama Should Change Our Approach to the World 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z So Garner’s reminiscence breaks into short, discontinuous sections, as she appraises, from different angles, the unassertive enigma that was her mother. Helen Garner’s Savage Self-Scrutiny 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z It is an interesting paradox that pugnacious politics should come in the form of such an unassertive man. Jeremy Corbyn: ‘People say I should be tougher. But it’s not my style’ 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z The velvet on the banquette, hand-stamped with gold, is also unassertive and strategically “worn” in spots. Small Wonder: A Tiny Apartment That Looks Palatial 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The apartment was in north-central Queens, in an unassertive building on 79th Street in Jackson Heights. The Lonely Death of George Bell 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z His oddly unassertive performance, however, doesn’t convey why Marsh is both revered and feared by the people who work for him. A Review of ‘42nd Street’ in Bellport 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The book chronicles a leader who is unassertive in cabinet, nearly powerless in hiring or firing ministers in a broad coalition and passive to a fault before colleagues’ disdain. Man out of time 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z Research shows that they are deficient in social skills, usually shy, unassertive, and passive and socially withdrawn. India Ink: A Conversation With: Psychiatrist Dinesh Bhugra, Expert on Deviant Sexual Behavior 2013-05-01T10:26:00Z That makes him a snug fit for Dano, who has built a film career by being scrupulously unassertive; hiding on screen is how he gets noticed. Ruby Sparks: (500) Days of Bummer 2012-07-25T23:35:36Z This Good Jew was a naïve man, timid and unassertive. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z In fact, Asians are far from passive, unassertive workhorses. Asians in America: What's Holding Back the "Model Minority?" 2011-07-28T21:07:40Z Her beauty was not heightened now, but it was displayed with all the grave consciousness of an unassertive renown. Sinister Street, vol. 2 They have been too patient and unassertive—they have not set a high enough value on themselves, and it is pathetically true that the world values you at the value you place on yourself. In Times Like These Mrs. Shelley walked to a mirror and looked thoughtfully at her unassertive reflection. The Education of Eric Lane That the squatters did not themselves recognise the worth of one so unassertive was not to be wondered at. Australian Writers One of his greatest charms, and I felt it on the instant of our meeting, was a gay but unassertive manner, possible only to those who have had a secured position from birth. Nancy Stair A Novel She was too unassertive to lay claim to principle! The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar The incident of Christ's forcible clearing of the temple is a contradiction of the traditional conception of Him as of One so gentle and unassertive in demeanor as to appear unmanly. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern He was all kindness, gentleness, and urbanity, yet treated them with that unassertive firmness which a father exercises—or ought to exercise—towards a child. The Big Otter Then she became horrified and shouted to her companions, but her feeble, unassertive voice was unable to travel far, and drew forth no response. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice A thing of darkness, born of this man's unassertive presence, flitted ever across the scenery, marring its grandeur with something evil, petty, dreadful. Four Weird Tales She longed for him to remain the quiet, gentle, unassertive man that he now was. Jess of the Rebel Trail He maintained that gentle, yielding, unassertive character which succumbs quietly to pressure at one point, only to reappear silently and unobtrusively in another place. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making They do not bear the impress of a strong personality, but they have the fairmindedness and the calm outlook that spring from a gentle and unassertive nature. Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Would not he too have been melancholy, quiet, unassertive, almost as uninteresting and uninterested as Booth was? The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections At that time he was a reporter on a Philadelphia newspaper, and in appearance was what he continued to be until his death, an unassertive but self-respecting, level-eyed, clean-toothed, and wholesome athlete. Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis She must remain calm, unassertive, let the eternal Tao take its way. Java Head He was an unassertive, unassuming man, with a genius for being inconspicuous. John M. Synge: a Few Personal Recollections, with Biographical Notes His manner was unassertive, but eminently self-respecting, and me, whom aforetime he had stigmatized as a "white-whiskered old goat," he now addressed as "Sir." From a Bench in Our Square When the captain was introduced by a tall and refined old clergyman to Miss Norah Hood, he found himself shaking hands with a grave young person of unassertive beauty. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories Nero was a meek, unassertive, submissive, tractable little chap, keenly sensible to the sufferings of his fellows, compared with a Zone quartermaster. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers He is the type of man who, in spite of an unassertive manner, holds what he has with no uncertain grasp. The Window-Gazer "You bate hur, an' A'll bate you!" interposed Rory, turning to bay on the most salient of the three or four pleas which had power to rouse the Old Adam in his unassertive nature. Such Is Life The placid, unassertive, incapable face told the rest of the poor fellow's story. Such Is Life |
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