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wishy-washy

/wish-ee-wosh-ee, -waw-shee/US // ˈwɪʃ iˌwɒʃ i, -ˌwɔ ʃi //UK // (ˈwɪʃɪˌwɒʃɪ) //

虚虚实实,虚虚实实的,踌躇满志,踌躇不前

Related Words

indecisive优柔寡断,犹豫不决,踌躇不决,摇摆不定banal平庸的,平庸,平淡无奇,俗气cowardly胆小怕事,怯懦的,胆小的,懦弱的enervated疲惫不堪,枯萎的,疲惫不堪的,枯萎feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的flavorless无味,无味的,没有味道,没有味道的ineffective无效的,无效,不起作用的,不起作用ineffectual不有效,不有效的,无效果,不有效用insipid寡淡无味,索然无味,淡淡的,寡淡irresolute犹豫不决,犹豫不决的,犹豫不决的人,优柔寡断jejune牛仔,弱智,年轻人,弱智的人languid慵懒的,慵懒,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味listless没精打采的,没精打采,怅然若失,没精打彩mediocre平平淡淡,平凡的,平庸的,平庸namby-pamby马马虎虎,马屁精,马马虎虎的,娘娘腔spiritless没有精神,无精神,魂不守舍,没有精神的tasteless无味,无味的,没有味道,味同嚼蜡thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细vacillating摇摆不定,徘徊不前,摇摆不定的,徘徊不定

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking in decisiveness; without strength or character; irresolute.
    • : washy or watery, as a liquid; thin and weak.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.bland, dull
Synonyms
indecisive优柔寡断,犹豫不决,踌躇不决,摇摆不定banal平庸的,平庸,平淡无奇,俗气characterless无特征,无特色,无性格,无特征的cowardly胆小怕事,怯懦的,胆小的,懦弱的enervated疲惫不堪,枯萎的,疲惫不堪的,枯萎feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的flavorless无味,无味的,没有味道,没有味道的ineffective无效的,无效,不起作用的,不起作用ineffectual不有效,不有效的,无效果,不有效用insipid寡淡无味,索然无味,淡淡的,寡淡irresolute犹豫不决,犹豫不决的,犹豫不决的人,优柔寡断jejune牛仔,弱智,年轻人,弱智的人languid慵懒的,慵懒,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味listless没精打采的,没精打采,怅然若失,没精打彩mediocre平平淡淡,平凡的,平庸的,平庸namby-pamby马马虎虎,马屁精,马马虎虎的,娘娘腔sapless无汁液,无汁的,无汁,无汁无味spiritless没有精神,无精神,魂不守舍,没有精神的tasteless无味,无味的,没有味道,味同嚼蜡thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细vacillating摇摆不定,徘徊不前,摇摆不定的,徘徊不定vapid虚无缥缈,无趣,虚浮,虚浮的watered-down掺水的,掺水,冲淡的,冲淡watery含水,水样的,水样,含水的wavering摇摆不定,摇摆不定的,飘忽不定,犹豫不决weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱weak-kneed膝软,腿软,膝盖软的,腿软的人

Examples

  • But his Republican party in Washington considers this conservative too wishy-washy to be prime GOP material.

  • That these terms happen, however, to be such wishy-washy ones—"cute, interesting, zany"—seems depressing.

  • Were his wishy-washy answers in the debate merely an attempt to fool the center into voting for an Islamist candidate?

  • The offspring of feisty politicos are often kinder, gentler, wishy-washier versions of dear old dad.

  • "The idea seemed really wishy-washy at first, but as I got more religious it began to make sense," he says.

  • A man with a feeble, wishy-washy expression holds by each hand a fierce, but subjugated tiger.

  • Utterly opposed to any such wishy-washy settlement of our national difficulties, I vote "no."

  • The contrast when the good man got into the pulpit and began to pray in a borrowed, washy lingo—extempore in more senses than one!

  • His color is about his worst point, as he is a light, washy chestnut, with a bald face and three white heels.

  • In No. 298, The Watering-place, the rather heavy paint of the foliage gives a thin washy look to the foreground.

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