he was infamously and unfairly traduced in samuel eliot morison’s magisterial 「the oxford history of the american people」 as a kindly soul in a spineless body.
塞缪尔·埃利奥特·莫里森的权威着作《美国人的牛津历史》无耻中伤麦金利,称他温和驯良、懦弱胆怯。
in 1980 the rise of the neocons—liberal intellectuals who abandoned a spineless democratic party—was reinforced by the birth of working class 「reagan democrats」.
even south africa, whose spineless president, thabo mbeki, is still refusing to criticise mr mugabe outright, has begun to turn against him.
甚至连南非都开始反对他了,南非总统塔博·姆贝基是个软弱的家伙,他一直拒绝直率的批评穆加贝先生。
spineless executive: the manager who does not have the courage to confront situations, take the heat for a failure, or protect their subordinates.
或是来保护自己的下属
a jellyfish is a spineless animal.
水母是无脊椎动物。
our great spineless leader.
我们伟大而懦弱的领袖。
this from a spineless body that won「t dare stand up to a disgraced president nor turn down a single funding request for a war that neither they nor the american public support.
with africa」s spineless politicians choosing to let mr mugabe carry on mistreating his own people, it was left to the country's catholic church to speak out on their behalf.
因为懦弱的政客们选择让穆加贝继续虐待他的人民,现在只能让天主教堂为他们说话了。
anyway, i at that time really too spineless .
说起来,我那时候真的太懦弱了。
most ordinary people believe the chinese government is, if anything, not assertive enough. they see their leaders as spineless and western criticisms of chinese behaviour as unfair and hypocritical.