namby-pamby

namby-pamby音标

英 [ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi]

美 [ˌnæmbɪ'pæmbɪ]

namby-pamby基本释义

adj.感伤的；矫饰的

n.矫饰；感伤的人

namby-pamby用法及例句

noun

1. an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

adj

1. weak in willpower, courage or vitality

Synonym: gutlessspinelesswishy-washy

1.

1. (无生气的,易伤感的人)：lovey-dovey (多情的), | namby-pamby (无生气的,易伤感的人), | palsy-walsy (要好的),

2. 感伤的：namaycush 湖红点鲑 | namby-pamby 感伤的 | name after 按...命名

3. 感伤的人：namatium 溪河群落 | namby-pamby 感伤的人 | name-calling **

4. 伤感的人：standby 可靠的人 | namby-pamby 伤感的人 | booby 呆子,傻瓜

These weren't namby-pamby fights..but brutal affairs.

出自：B. A. Staples

There was something very namby-pamby about a man living in the family home.

出自：M. Keyes

近义词

临近词

wishy-washy缺乏力量或香味的...

soft柔软的

spineless无脊椎的

gutless没有勇气的

ineffectual（东西）无效的...

pathetic可怜的

feeble虚弱的

Namib

NAM

相关列句

It is a clinic, not a spa: there's no namby-pamby faffing around with rose petals and whale music.(它是一家诊所，而不是一个水疗吧：没有矫柔感伤地在玫瑰花瓣和鲸鱼音乐环绕之下无事瞎忙。)

There’s no namby-pamby faffing around with rose petals and whale music.(没有玫瑰花瓣和鲸鱼音乐的陪伴。)

All this might sound a bit namby-pamby to pioneers like Sister Dong (who says that she hasn’t had a holiday for 20 years) and Zhang Yin (who boasts that: “My success came from my character”).(种种这些对于董姐（她称自己已经20年没休过假）以及张茵（她骄傲地称性格塑造了她的成功）来说，似乎太娇气了些。)

Rugby classes have kicked out of my five-year-old Freddie some of that namby-pamby “Can’t I stay in and watch Pop Girl?” stuff; even my daughter Emilia claims to enjoy it.(橄榄球已经被我那五岁的儿子佛雷迪完全踢到一边，还总是用可怜巴巴的“我不能待在家里看流行女孩吗？”之类的理由，甚至是我的女儿艾米丽亚也说更喜欢看那些节目。)

Though immaculately clean and comfortable, and in a beautiful setting, it is a clinic, not a spa: there’s no namby-pamby faffing around with rose petals and whale music.(它虽然非常清洁舒适，环境优美，毕竟是一家诊所，而不是一个水疗吧：没有矫柔感伤地在玫瑰花瓣和鲸鱼音乐环绕之下无事瞎忙的感觉。)