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cow·ard·ice
kaU r dihs
词根:cowardly
adj.cowardly 怯懦的,懦弱的;胆小的
adv.cowardly 胆怯地
noun
lack of bravery or resolve in the face of danger, pain, or other difficulties.The cowardice of one member of the team jeopardized the safety of the others.During World War I, soldiers who deserted could be shot for cowardice.
"面对危险缺乏勇气,害怕伤害或疼痛",公元1300年左右,源自古法语 coardise(13世纪),来自 coard, coart "懦夫"(参见 coward)+名词后缀 -ise。
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. [Ernest Hemingway, "Men at War," 1942]
与惊慌失措不同,懦弱几乎总是一种无法暂停想象功能的能力不足。[欧内斯特·海明威,《战争中的人们》,1942年]
Middle English cowardise, from Anglo-French coardise, from cuard — see coward
The first known use of cowardice was in the 14th century
cowardlyadjective
lacking courage : disgracefully timid
a cowardly rascal
characteristic of a coward
a cowardly attack from behind
cowardlyadjective
lacking courage : disgracefully timid
a cowardly rascal
characteristic of a coward
a cowardly attack from behind
cowardicenoun
lack of courage to face danger : shameful fear
1 They dignified cowardice by calling it prudence.
他们把怯懦美其名曰为谨慎.
2 You must know that patience is not cowardice, but a virtue.
你务必知道忍耐不是弱而是一种美德。
3 The answer is, the usual suspects: greed and cowardice.
答案中这个司空见惯的嫌疑犯正是“贪婪”和“懦弱”。
4 Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.
害怕年青一代有贪污的念头是懦弱最夸大的表现.
5 However, due to their small size, cowardice appears to be one of the chief features species.
然而, 由于身材矮小, 懦弱成为这些怪物的主要特征.
6 His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.
他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小.
7 There was nothing but treason, lies, corruption and cowardice.
除了背叛 、 撒谎 、 腐化和怯懦之外,没有别的.
8 He felt in his heart cruelty and cowardice, the things which made him brave and kind.
9 “I think it represented a show of cowardice on my part,” he says.
10 For cowardice in the face of the enemy.
11 His cowardice made him a byword to all who knew him.
由于他的懦弱,他在认识他的人中已被当作笑料.
12 When he was finally satisfied and thanked, he got out and slammed the door, but such is my social cowardice that I actually did turn around, knowing he would be watching out the window.
13 He was deeply aware of his cowardice.
他着实感到胆怯.
14 He hated himself for what he construed to be his own cowardice.
15 But she also had a feeling that if she didn’t see the quest through, if she didn’t face her fate bravely, she would still die —in cowardice and failure.
16 Bravery, for example, is a virtue which lies between the extremes of cowardice and rashness.
例如, 勇敢是一种介于懦弱和鲁莽这两个极端之间的美德.
17 Shunning one hopeless battle is not an act of cowardice.
18 He had almost revealed himself then and there, but something stopped him—caution, cowardice, instinct, call it what you will.
19 Cowardice and fear have trapped us in the cycle of transmigration for a very long time.
有时候我们生出来在一种比较压迫的情况,因为上帝要给我们学习无畏的精神和勇敢的功课.
20 My flesh winced, in cowardice, from such a death.
1 惧怕
2 卑怯
3 懦怯
4 胆小
chicken-hearted chicken nervous cowardly craven spineless gutless mousy spiritless pusillanimous lily-livered poor-spirited shy timid timorous yellow-bellied chickenhearted white-livered poltroonery cold feet cowardy coward yellow funky faint-hearted tremulous chinless hare-hearted hen-hearted poor tender meticulous eerie fearsome skittish eery fainthearted faintheart chickeny pikerism timidity pusillanimity cowardliness pale hearted pigeon hearted poor spirited yellow streak yellow livered chicken-heart milk-livered pigeonhearted harehearted henhearted milky diffident rabbity chicken-livered pavid cowish diffidence nervosity scaddle sissy sheepish recreant trepid sissified timorousness
5 胆怯
pigeon-hearted wild milky timid sissy self-effacing tremulous pusillanimous unheroic recreant cowardly funk quail lose nerve