diffident, cope, discretion, ogle

A demonstration seat belt, life jacket and arm rests are strategically positioned during the 3 1/2-minute video to protect the cabin crew’s ... discretion. Passengers are shown ogling, mostly in appreciation.

在這段長3分半鐘的影片中，一條展示用的座位安全帶、救生圈及座椅扶手都被放置在巧妙的位置，以保護機組員的隱私。影片裡的觀眾則忍不住偷看，但多對機組員投以讚賞的眼光。

An arch look expressed -- "I understand you well enough;" but she said only, "Miss Fairfax is reserved."

"I always told you she was -- a little; but you will soon overcome all that part of her reserve which ought to be overcome, all that has its foundation in diffidence. what arises from discretion must be honoured."

"You think her diffident. I do not see it."

"My dear Emma," said he, moving from his chair into one close by her, "you are not going to tell me, I hope, that you had not a pleasant evening."

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"There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory as _that_,"--said
Mr. Knightley, feelingly; and for a moment or two he had done. "But I,"
he soon added, "who have had no such charm thrown over my senses,
must still see, hear, and remember. Emma is spoiled by being the
cleverest of her family. At ten years old, she had the misfortune of
being able to answer questions which puzzled her sister at seventeen.
She was always quick and assured: Isabella slow and diffident.
And ever since she was twelve, Emma has been mistress of the house
and of you all. In her mother she lost the only person able to cope
with her. She inherits her mother's talents, and must have been
under subjection to her."

ogle
v., o·gled, o·gling, o·gles.

v.tr.

1. To stare at.
2. To stare at impertinently, flirtatiously, or amorously.

v.intr.

To stare in an impertinent, flirtatious, or amorous manner.

n.

An impertinent, flirtatious, or amorous stare.

[Perhaps from Low German oghelen, oegeln, frequentative of oegen, to eye, from oghe, oge, eye.]

ogler o'gler n. cope Show phonetics
verb [I]
to deal successfully with a difficult situation:
It must be difficult to cope with three small children and a job.
The tyres on my car don't cope very well on wet roads.
He had so much pressure on him in his job that eventually he just couldn't cope.

cope¹

━━ vi. 負けずに戦う［争う］ ((with)); （難局に）対処する ((with)); なんとか切り抜ける.

diffident Show phonetics
adjective
shy and not confident of your abilities:
a diffident manner
You shouldn't be so diffident about your achievements - you've done really well!

diffidence Show phonetics
noun [U]




discretion
n.

1. The quality of being discreet; circumspection. See synonyms at prudence.
2. Ability or power to decide responsibly.
3. Freedom to act or judge on one's own: All the decisions were left to our discretion.

discretional dis·cre'tion·al adj.
discretionally dis·cre'tion·al·ly adv.