英语释义
1. marked by insipidity or by affected or ingratiating timidity
simpering behavior a simpering smile/tone During job interviews, I always felt like a simpering idiot.
— Nancy Scott Hanway … spoofy moments featuring a simpering newswoman …
— Pauline Kael … the indignities of office life, from boorish bosses to simpering middle managers to byzantine bureaucracies.
— Charles Bramesco