英语释义

• lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted;

  "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

片语

cowardly behavior退缩性行为

unmanly怯懦的；无男子气概的；女子气的；娇气的

Cowardly LionThe Cowardly Lion is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum.

Cowardly Vicious胆小的人更可怕

faint-hearted怯懦的；胆怯的

yellow cowardly懦弱的

pusillanimouslyad 胆怯地，怯懦地；优柔寡断地

cowardly fear胆怯

cowardly weak软弱无能

Cowardly killer鼠胆杀手

Cowardly Thief无胆匪类

cravenlyad 胆怯地；胆小地

英汉例句

• the internet has upended many established social conventions, one of the oldest being that there was something cowardly about anonymous condemnations.

  互联网颠覆了众多既定的社会习俗，其中历史最悠久的一条就是，匿名的谴责总是带有某种胆怯的味道。

• this is the time to intervene, as we cannot watch these cowards to regroup and carry out more vicious and cowardly acts.

  他说：「这是采取行动的时候了。我们不能坐视这些懦夫们再行整合，采取更多恶毒和懦弱的行动。

• how did you first learn about the story of a cowardly lion, a scarecrow without a brain and a tin man without a heart?

  你如何第一次听说有关胆小狮子、没有脑袋的稻草人，以及铁人的故事？

• 「it was a cowardly act,」 he says.

  他说，“这是懦弱的行动。

• ferocious in writing, he tended to be cowardly in person.

  他的文笔兇猛，而他本人给人的感觉却有些趋于懦弱。

• cleveland fans 「simply don「t deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal,」 gilbert」s letter continued.

  “克利夫兰的球迷不应得到这类胆怯的背叛」，吉尔伯特在信中继续写道。

• dwelling online is a cowardly and utterly enjoyable alternative to real interaction.

  在网上宅着跟实际的互动相比是一个懦弱的特别轻松的选择。

• of course, that too can induce bitterness: i know of two entrepreneurs who feel that they were swindled out of their birthright by cowardly relatives and slippery lawyers, who sold the family firm.

  当然，怨恨也可能由此而生：我认识两位企业家，他们觉得卖掉公司的懦弱亲戚和狡猾律师骗取了他们生来拥有的权利。

• very soon the whole colony was divided into two great classes---the one needlessly extolling the governor, the other denouncing him as the most cowardly and brutal of men.

  很快，整个殖民地分成了两个对立面：一个过分颂扬总督，另一个则谴责总督是最胆怯、最兽性的人。

• they couldn`t, how could they even have wanted to, and faced with the other defendants, visibly older, more worn out, more cowardly and bitter, they had no such impulse.

  他们不可能，他们怎么能想那么做，面对着其他被告，明显上了年纪，更加老朽，更加胆怯和痛苦，他们没有如此沖动。

• her cowardice, no. women are often allowed to be cowardly when men are not. that's not a good example.

  怯懦，不，通常社会认为女人可以怯懦,而男人不能，这不是个好例子。

• he knew he had killed a man, one loved by many, in a heartless, shocking, cowardly stabbing.

  他要知道他杀了一个人，一个许多人爱着的人，他是那么的无情、过分并怯懦。

• mr cameron’s refusal to push ahead with this forcefully is incredibly cowardly and shortsighted.

  卡梅伦拒绝全力推进此事是让人难以置信的懦弱和短视。

相似词

timorous胆怯的；胆小的；羞怯的

chicken鸡肉的；胆怯的；幼小的

shrinking缩水，收缩；变小，缩小；萎缩；退缩；回避，离开（shrink 的现在分词）

lily-livered胆怯的

babyish幼稚的；愚蠢的；适于婴儿的

fearful可怕的；担心的；严重的

unmanly怯懦的；无男子气概的；女子气的；娇气的

base(Base) （英、美、爱尔兰）马濑（人名）

gutless无胆量的；没勇气的；没有生气的

spineless没有骨气的；无脊椎的；懦弱的

timid胆小的；羞怯的

white-livered懦弱的；胆小的；苍白的

pusillanimous胆怯的；懦弱的；优柔寡断的

mousy胆小如鼠的；灰褐色的；像老鼠的

frightened害怕；使吃惊；吓走（frighten的过去分词）

recreant胆小的；怯懦的；不忠的

dastardly卑鄙的；懦弱的

faint-hearted怯懦的；胆怯的

afraid害怕的；恐怕；担心的

craven(Craven) （美、英、加）克雷文（人名）

wimpy懦弱的；无用的

yellow黄色；黄种人；黄色颜料

相反词

heroic史诗；英勇行为

bold(Bold)人名；(英、德、罗、捷、瑞典)博尔德

brave(Brave) （美、俄、印）布雷夫（人名）

gallant(Gallant)人名；(法)加朗；(英)加伦特

courageous有胆量的，勇敢的