pusillanimous

英 [ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs]

美 [ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs]

adj.  胆怯的; 怯懦的

GRE

BNC.48528 / COCA.38405

牛津词典

adj.

• 胆怯的；怯懦的
  frightened to take risks

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 胆怯的；怯懦的
  If you say that someone ispusillanimous, you mean that they are timid or afraid.
  1. The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
     当局对暴行只是进行了谴责，真是太胆小怕事了。

英英释义

adj

• lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution
  Synonym:poor-spiritedunmanly

双语例句

• The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
  当局对暴行只是进行了谴责，真是太胆小怕事了。
• 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.
  是让国际货币基金组织高层对此公开表示，并且通过拒绝借更多钱给尚未处理债务问题的国家，来促使欧洲那些谨小慎微的政治家做正确的事情了的时候。
• 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。
• He's too pusillanimous to stand up to his opponents.
  他太懦弱了，不能勇敢地面对他的对手。