pusillanimous

pusillanimous音标

英 [ˌpju:sɪˈlænɪməs]

美 [ˌpjusəˈlænəməs]

pusillanimous基本释义

adj.懦弱的；胆小的

pusillanimous用法及例句

adj

1. lacking in courage and manly strength and resolutioncontemptibly fearful

Synonym: poor-spiritedunmanly

1. 胆怯的；怯懦的If you say that someone is pusillanimous, you mean that they are timid or afraid.

e.g. The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.当局对暴行只是进行了谴责，真是太胆小怕事了。

1. 胆怯的：status 地位 | pusillanimous 胆怯的 | parsimonious 吝啬的

2. 懦弱的：pusillanimity 无气力 | pusillanimous 懦弱的 | pusillanimously 胆怯地

3. pusillanimous

3. 懦弱的,胆小的：blasphemous 对神不敬的 | polysemous 多义的,有多种解释的 | pusillanimous 懦弱的,胆小的

4. pusillanimous的意思

4. 懦弱,胆怯的：magnanimous 心地高尚,度量宽大的 | pusillanimous 懦弱,胆怯的 | unanimous 意见一致,全体一致的

近义词

临近词

craven懦弱的

nervous神经的，神经细胞的，神经...

tremulous颤抖的

unmanly无男子气概的...

faint-hearted胆怯的

spineless无脊椎的

lily-livered胆怯的

fearful担心的

cowardly懦弱的

yellow黄色的

timid胆怯的

poor-spirited无气力的

pus

Pusan

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And those old favorites, your friends and mine: sycophantic, phlegmatic, and, of course, top of the bill - pusillanimous.(而那些过去*受宠的人——你我共同的朋友们，其中有拍马屁的，冷漠的：当然，*招人注意的还有那些胆小怕事的。)

The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.(当局过于懦弱，仅仅谴责了这场暴力行为。)

His failure to help the old man who was being robbed was pusillanimous.(他的胆怯促使他未能援助被行抢的老人。)

Pusillanimous managers complain that they're forced to make these cuts by short-term oriented investors.(优柔寡断的经理人往往抱怨，他们削减此类开支是因为受到目光短浅的投资者的压力。)

The pusillanimous elephant ran away at the sight of the mouse.(胆小的大象一看见老鼠就跑掉了。)