英语释义

• lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful;

  "the craven fellow turned and ran"

  "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"

  "this recreant knight"- Spenser

• an abject coward

片语

cry craven叫饶

chicken鸡肉的；胆怯的；幼小的

Wes Craven韦斯·克雷文

shy投；畏缩；惊退；厌恶

cried craven投降

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

plucky craven勇敢

molly(Molly) （美）茉莉（人名）

英汉例句

• the worst problem with contemporary art is this suspension of critical faculties, the craven readiness to say the new and the cool must be great, by definition.

  有关当代艺术的最糟糕的问题是批判能力的缺失，怯懦準备说，按照定义，新潮的、酷的必定是伟大的。

• but this much we do know – no faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving god looks upon them with favour.

  但是我们非常明白——没有哪种信仰会为这种兇残懦弱的行为辩护；任何正直慈爱的神都不会乐意看到这一切。

• a california doctor named lawrence craven first noted this effect about sixty years ago.

  一个加州劳伦斯·克拉文首先提到医生命名这个效果大约六十年前。

• what, in your opinion, would be the consequences if craven opens his mouth?

  你认为，如果克雷文开口会有什么后果？

• but in the face of the west「s craven failure to end the bosnian war, mr holbrooke had more or less singlehandedly decided to play hardball with the serbs.

  北约是整体行动的，但是面对韦斯特懦弱地试图结束波斯尼亚战争的不成功，霍尔布鲁克几乎就是单独决定对塞尔维亚人要强硬。

• the red devils, thumped 1-4 at home by liverpool last week, have already beaten the cottagers 3-0 at old trafford on 18th february and 4-0 at craven cottage in the fa cup on 7th march.

  红魔上个礼拜在家门口被利物浦1比4重挫，他们2月18日在老特拉福德3比0击败富勒姆，3月7日在卡尔文农庄球场4比0将富勒姆淘汰出足总杯。

• 「animals are every farmer」s first priority, so it is important that they「re given the best care,」 rural affairs television presenter john craven said, launching the project.

  公布这项计划的农业电视主持人约翰·克雷文说：「家畜动物对于农民朋友来说是最重要的，所以给予这些动物最好的照顾也就变得非常重要了。」

• if you think of god as that craven image, then i think that is not very commendable, but if the reason for not loving craven images, you know idols, because they are things and god is pure spirit.

  如果你认为上帝是猥琐的形象，那么我想,那是不值得赞扬的，但是如果,不爱猥琐形象的原因，你们知道偶像，因为他们是物体，而上帝是纯精神。

• source: university of wisconsin-madison professor of wildlife ecology scott craven

  来源：威斯康辛-麦迪逊大学(universityofwisconsin-madison)野生动物生态学教授斯科特.

• often it is replaced by a more craven instinct: to avert the gaze from what has become too painful to look at straight.

  经常取而代之的是懦弱的本性：避免直接面对引起的心灵的痛苦。

• nato was meant to operate as a collective; but in the face of the west’s craven failure to end the bosnian war, mr holbrooke had more or less singlehandedly decided to play hardball with the serbs.

  北约是整体行动的，但是面对韦斯特懦弱地试图结束波斯尼亚战争的不成功，霍尔布鲁克几乎就是单独决定对塞尔维亚人要强硬。

• yet some european actions now seem craven indeed.

  不过欧洲的举动现在看来确实非常胆怯。

• the particularly craven hackers, phishing fraudsters and malware writers ply the trade for cash, not kicks.

  特别胆小的黑客、钓鱼诈骗和恶意软件写手通过病毒套取现金而不是击溃电脑。

• what has craven offered you?

  克雷文给了你什么?。

• hughes has signed a two-year deal as roy hodgson」s successor at craven cottage and he will make bellamy, the manchester city striker, one of his top transfer targets.

  作为霍奇森在克拉文农场（富勒姆主场名）的继任者，马克休斯签下两年合约，他将曼城前锋贝拉米作为头号转会目标。

• respected president sir philip craven and mrs craven

  尊敬的克雷文主席和夫人

• no man wants to be thought a craven person.

  没有人希望被人认为是个懦夫。

• he made no empty promises, nor the craven excuse that his hands were tied by more powerful forces in the world than himself.

  他不许空的诺言，也不找怯懦的借口，说他的手被世界上比他自己更强大的力量束缚住了。

相似词

invertebrate无脊椎动物；无骨气的人

coward懦夫，懦弱的人

poltroon胆怯的

mouse捕鼠；窥探

fellow（非正式）男人，男孩，家伙；男朋友；同事，朋友；（某些学院或大学的）董事；（学术或专业团体的）会员；同类物；（接受奖学金的）研究生

dastard怯懦可鄙的

recreant胆小的；怯懦的；不忠的

base(Base) （英、美、爱尔兰）马濑（人名）

yellowbelly懦夫；黄腹鱼；皮肤呈黄色或浅棕色的人

chicken-livered胆小的

afraid害怕的；恐怕；担心的

pusillanimous胆怯的；懦弱的；优柔寡断的

bellied隆起；（腹部着地）爬行（belly 的过去式和过去分词）

dastardly卑鄙的；懦弱的

base(Base) （英、美、爱尔兰）马濑（人名）

spineless没有骨气的；无脊椎的；懦弱的

lily-livered胆怯的

faint-hearted怯懦的；胆怯的

caitiff卑鄙的；胆小的

timid胆小的；羞怯的

niddering卑鄙的；怯懦的

wimpy懦弱的；无用的

fearful可怕的；担心的；严重的

timorous胆怯的；胆小的；羞怯的

frightened害怕；使吃惊；吓走（frighten的过去分词）

yellow黄色；黄种人；黄色颜料

recreant胆小的；怯懦的；不忠的

gutless无胆量的；没勇气的；没有生气的

chicken鸡肉的；胆怯的；幼小的

white-livered懦弱的；胆小的；苍白的

cowardlyad 胆怯地

相反词

brave(Brave) （美、俄、印）布雷夫（人名）