pusillanimous音标

英 [ˌpju:sɪˈlænɪməs]

美 [ˌpjusəˈlænəməs]

pusillanimous基本释义

adj.懦弱的；胆小的

pusillanimous用法及例句

adj

1. lacking in courage and manly strength and resolutioncontemptibly fearful

Synonym: poor-spiritedunmanly

1. 胆怯的；怯懦的If you say that someone is pusillanimous, you mean that they are timid or afraid.

e.g. The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.当*对暴行只是进行了谴责，真是太胆小怕事了。

1. 胆怯的：status 地位 | pusillanimous 胆怯的 | parsimonious 吝啬的

2. 懦弱的：pusillanimity 无气力 | pusillanimous 懦弱的 | pusillanimously 胆怯地

3. pusillanimous

3. 懦弱的,胆小的：blasphemous 对神不敬的 | polysemous 多义的,有多种解释的 | pusillanimous 懦弱的,胆小的

4. pusillanimous的意思

4. 懦弱,胆怯的：magnanimous 心地高尚,度量宽大的 | pusillanimous 懦弱,胆怯的 | unanimous 意见一致,全体一致的

近义词

临近词

craven懦弱的

nervous神经的，神经细胞的，神经...

tremulous颤抖的

unmanly无男子气概的...

faint-hearted胆怯的

spineless无脊椎的

lily-livered胆怯的

fearful担心的

cowardly懦弱的

yellow黄色的

timid胆怯的

poor-spirited无气力的

pus

Pusan

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And those old favorites, your friends and mine: sycophantic, phlegmatic, and, of course, top of the bill - pusillanimous.(而那些过去*受宠的人——你我共同的朋友们，其中有拍马屁的，冷漠的：当然，*招人注意的还有那些胆小怕事的。)

The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.(当*过于懦弱，仅仅谴责了这场暴力行为。)

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。)

Pusillanimous managers complain that they're forced to make these cuts by short-term oriented investors.(优柔寡断的经理人往往抱怨，他们削减此类开支是因为受到目光短浅的投资者的压力。)

The pusillanimous elephant ran away at the sight of the mouse.(胆小的大象一看见老鼠就跑掉了。)