英：['kreɪvnlɪ]
美：['kreɪvnlɪ]
cravenly如何读
cravenly是什么意思
- adv.胆怯地；胆小地
cravenly英英释义
adjective
lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
… craven mercenaries who would not fight …—Thomas Fleming
archaic defeated, vanquished
cravenly词源英文解释
Middle English cravant
The first known use of craven was in the 13th century
cravenly儿童词典英英释义
crayfishnoun
any of numerous freshwater crustaceans that are related to but usually much smaller than the lobster
spiny lobster
crawl1 of 2verb
to move slowly with the body close to the ground : move on hands and knees
to move along slowly
the bus crawled along
to be covered with or have the feeling of being covered with creeping things
the floor was crawling with ants
crawl2 of 2noun
the act or motion of crawling
a swimming stroke performed facedown in the water and using overarm strokes and rapid alternating kicks
crawl1 of 2verb
to move slowly with the body close to the ground : move on hands and knees
to move along slowly
the bus crawled along
to be covered with or have the feeling of being covered with creeping things
the floor was crawling with ants
crawl2 of 2noun
the act or motion of crawling
a swimming stroke performed facedown in the water and using overarm strokes and rapid alternating kicks
crawfishnoun
crayfish sense 1
spiny lobster
crawdadnoun
crayfish sense 1
crawnoun
the crop of a bird or insect
the stomach especially of a lower animal
cravingnoun
a great desire or longing
cravingnoun
a great desire or longing
craven1 of 2adjective
cowardly
craven2 of 2noun
coward
cravenly 例句
1 It is bad enough for a person to cravenly seek power while remaining in ignorance.
一个人因为无知而趋炎附势就已经很糟糕了。
2 His hometown is Aleppo, cravenly abandoned by the West to bombardment by Russian forces.
他的家乡是阿勒颇，一个因俄罗斯的轰炸而被西方懦弱地放弃的地方。
3 As Tom Shone observes in his insightful book, "Blockbuster", Hollywood spends nearly all its money and energy working out what teenagers want and cravenly giving it to them.
正如汤姆•寿恩在其见解深刻的《流行作品》一书中评论的，好莱坞花费了几乎全部的钱财和精力，创作出青少年们喜欢的东西并怯生生地交给他们。
4 a craven refusal to deliver the unwelcome news personally
5 The Democrats’ craven and shameful performance hinted that EcoHealth’s government funding, which had been blocked by the Trump administration and restored, though delayed, under Biden, was pretty much doomed.
6 Showing podcasters as dumb, craven or corrupt doesn’t invite as many reputational consequences.
7 People probably think of you as someone who’s not overly craven about material success, necessarily, or statistics.
8 One letter-writer to the Star-Telegram in the aftermath of Fort Worth’s 1911 race riot did not stop with excoriating the rioters and the craven police who did not stop them.
9 That stuff is deathless, and in Sammy Glick, Schulberg invented one of the most enduring craven strivers in American literature.
10 Most figures of consequence in the show — the doctors, their patients, their craven pharmaceutical company investor — are women, suggesting that this whole problematic system can be regenerated by the complicity and visibility of female stakeholders.
11 Rather than growing into mature musical expression, Beyoncé latched onto political fashion, a craven move.
12 This much was on display in Tucker Carlson’s interview of Vladimir Putin, which took advantage of Carlson’s craven character, the prevalence of social media noise, the gullibility of many in the West and of course the rottenness of Donald Trump.