ad. timidly胆怯地。 △R.III.3.5.55 (56):“Because,my lord,we would have had you heard(i.e. we would have wished you to have heard)/ Thetraitor speak,and timorously confess / The mannerand the purpose of his treasons.”因为，大人，我们本来想让你能够亲自听到这个叛贼自己说话，胆怯地供出他那些叛国罪行的经过和目的。