cowardliness
/kou-erd-lee/US // ˈkaʊ ərd li //UK // (ˈkaʊədlɪ) //
胆小怕事,怯懦,懦弱,怯懦性
Related Words
dastardly卑鄙无耻,卑鄙的,卑鄙小人,卑鄙无耻的afraid害怕,恐惧,惧怕,担心anxious焦急的,焦虑的,焦虑不安,焦虑apprehensive忐忑不安,忐忑不安的,忧虑,忧心忡忡backward向后,向后的,向后退,向后移动base基础,基地,基层,底层caitiff凯提夫,凯蒂夫,凯蒂芙craven螃蟹,蹩脚,蹩脚的,渴望diffident心虚的人,心浮气躁,心虚,心浮气燥fainthearted昏头昏脑,昏头昏脑的,昏昏沉沉,昏昏欲睡frightened惊恐的,惊慌失措,惊恐,惶恐不安gutless胆小怕事,胆小如鼠,无胆,胆小的jittery烦躁不安,躁动不安,焦躁不安,烦躁不安的lily-livered百合花,百合花开nervous紧张,忐忑不安,紧张的,紧张不安paper tiger纸老虎,造纸老虎,纸虎,老虎pusillanimous怯懦的人,胆小怕事,苍白无力的,胆小如鼠recreant叛逆的人,叛逆者,重生者,叛逆retiring撤退,退休,撤退时,撤退的时候scared害怕的,恐惧的,惊恐的,担心的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- : characteristic of or befitting a coward; despicably mean, covert, or unprincipled: a cowardly attack on a weak, defenseless man.
adv.副词 adverb
- 1
- : like a coward.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The Labor Department should not encourage this cowardly vision of entrepreneurship in America’s workplace laws.
I say that the cowardliness of this attack stands out even more conspicuous, to my eye, than its brutality or its inhumanity.
He felt the ground slipping from under him as he, too, realized the completeness and cowardliness of the plot.
Is not the disposition of the soul's irascible part different according to its courage or cowardliness?
Courage produces in those who do not possess it in the proper proportions, either violence or cowardliness.
And in order to clothe their spiritual cowardliness and laziness in a pious garb, they say: "The Bible is enough for us."
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