Kids raised in those circumstances are less self-assured and socially poised, and more compliant.

在这种环境下长大的孩子更缺乏自信，更可能出现社交障碍，也更容易屈从。

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Yvan, less self-assured, acts as a mediator between the two.

伊万缺少自我肯定，在他俩当中充当和事佬。

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Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men-and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence.

数据显示女性没有男性那么自信，然而在成功的道路上，自信跟能力一样至关重要。

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The other was that of the self-assured idealist who could hardly conceive, much less admit, that he could be wrong in judging matters that he deemed within his peculiar sphere of expertise.

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