英语释义

• lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

片语

chicken鸡肉的；胆怯的；幼小的

feckless poor-spirited pusillanimous无气力的

Pusillanimous And Capricious优柔寡断反复无常

lily-livered胆怯的

valiance pusillanimous勇猛的

英汉例句

• 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。

• he regretted, however, that the united states was unlikely to impose 「the rule of law in countries like iraq,」 partly because of 「a pusillanimous fear of military casualties.

  他深感愧疚，然而，美国不可能信奉“像伊拉克那样的法律统治的国家」这样的信条。

• it would be wrong, however, to think that regional diplomacy is as pusillanimous and indonesian environmental hooliganism as unchecked as in 1997.

  然而，要是认为这种地区外交软弱无力，跟1997年一般无二，而印尼在环保上大耍无赖，也与那年如出一辙，就错了。

• african governments, though many are still pusillanimous , are turning against him.

  虽然许多的非洲政府仍然优柔寡断，但是也开始反对他的领导了。

• only the south’s pusillanimous response avoided a potentially violent confrontation this time.

  在这个时候，也只有韩国的懦弱表现才避免了这场一触即发的暴力对抗。

• he regretted, however, that the united states was unlikely to impose 「the rule of law in countries like iraq, 」 partly because of 「a pusillanimous fear of military casualties.

  然而，美国一部分因为「对军队伤亡率的怯懦」，以致无法将法制强加于像伊拉克这样的国家而让他感到遗憾。

• it is easy to mock the finger-wagging from susan rice, mr obama’s ambassador to the united nations, about violations of international law, as the perfect example of pusillanimous liberalism.

  很容易将奥巴马的联合国大使苏珊赖斯对朝鲜违背国际法的谴责嘲笑为是懦弱的自由主义的一个绝好的例子。

• moderation, cooperation, compromise, and bipartisanship are lame reflections of a pusillanimous past and of a 」pathetic and exhausted leadership" incapable of winning elections.

  中庸、合作、妥协以及两党关系则是昔日优柔寡断和无法赢得大选的「悲凉无望的领导班子」的残缺写照。

• it is time the fund’s top brass said so publicly and, by refusing to lend more without a deal on debt, pushed europe’s pusillanimous politicians into doing the right thing.

  通过拒绝向不提供债务援助的国家借贷，该组织的最高发言人是时候公开神秘重组的重要性，迫使欧洲懦弱的政客们采取正确行动。

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