cowardice
['kauədis]
n.懦弱
例句与用法:
I've been accused of many things in my life, but never of cowardice.
我一生中受过种种指责,但从来没有人说我怯懦。
Such an act of cowardice by an officer shames his whole regiment.
一个军官作出如此胆怯的行为使整个团都蒙受羞辱。
German writer whose novellas and dramas, including The Broken Pitcher(1811), concern characters torn between reason and emotion and between heroism and cowardice.
克莱斯特,亨利希·冯1777-1811德国作家,他的中篇小说和戏剧包括破瓮记(1811年), 其中涉及了人物在理智和情感、英雄主义和懦弱之间的折磨
His cowardice in face of the enemy was contemptible.
他在敌人面前胆小如鼠,真是可鄙。
n.
胆小, 卑怯, 懦弱[U]
cowardice
同义词:
pusillanimity | timidity | cowardliness | dastardliness | faint-heartedness | recreancy | funk | cravenness | weakness | fearfulness | fear | chicken heart | cold feet | yellow streak | cold | yellow | weak | knees | chicken | streak | feet | heart |
反义词:
courage | heroism | valor | bravery |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.怯懦, 懦弱, 胆小
pusillanimity
timidity
weak-heartedness
chicken-heartedness
dastardliness
recreancy
cravenness
cowardliness
faint-heartedness
weak knees
chicken heart
funk
cold feet
yellow streak
反义:
n.怯懦
bravery
valor
heroism
反义参见:
courage
audacity
cowardice['kauədis]n.1.■懦弱,胆小
noun
- [mass noun]lack of bravery
胆小;怯懦
- Middle English: from Old French couardise, from couard (see coward)
cowardice
■A problem waiting to be solved:Is it a deed of morality or cowardice / recreance which is elicited by the fear of incessant punishment.
1一个有待解决的问题是:基于是害怕无休止的惩罚而产生的行为是被视作有道德的呢,还是应该被视作懦弱的?
■'It is only your guest,sir,'I called out,desirous to spare him the humiliation of exposing his cowardice further.
“只不过是你的客人在这儿罢了,先生。”我叫出声来,省得他更暴露出胆怯样子而使他丢掉面子。
■Cowardice says, "Retreat;go back to the worldling's way of action;you cannot play the Christian's part;it is too difficult.Relinquish your principles.
“懦弱”对你说:“向后退却,退回到你原来的世俗办法中去,你不配作基督徒,这真是太难做了,放弃你的信仰吧!”
■"I walked black streets and alleys alone;I passed out in cabarets.I backed out of two duels more from apathy than cowardice and truly wished to be murdered.
“我经常独自在黑暗的小巷里行走,我在酒吧里卖醉,我有两次与别人起冲突,但是最后又避开了,是因为冷漠而不是懦弱。
■To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
“护士,我给你添了这么大的麻烦,真对不起。”“亲爱的,你没有给我添什么麻烦。要是我的大多数病人都像你一样的好照料,那就好啦。”
■'It is only your guest, sir,' I called out, desirous to spare him the humiliation of exposing his cowardice further.
“是你的客人而已,先生,”为了避免他会因过多的表露出他的胆怯而感到难堪,我喊出声来。
■'It isyour guest, sir,' I called out, desirous to spare him the humiliation of exposing his cowardice further.
“是你的客人而已,先生,”避免他会因过多的表露出他的胆怯而感到难堪,我喊出声来。
■Bullying and cowardice often go together.
“欺软”和“怕硬”经常是相伴而来的。
■"How little he knows this bosom," she said, "to imagine that cowardice or meanness of soul must needs be its guests, because I have censured the fantastic chivalry of the Nazarenes!
“没有!”丽贝卡大声回答,“他们表现得很英勇。黑甲骑士提着大战斧逼近了小门;他把门打得震天价响,在一片喊杀声中还可听到。
■“There is more hypocrisy and cowardice.
“(现在)有了更多的虚伪和懦弱。
■Such an act of cowardice by an officer shames his whole regiment.
一个军官作出如此胆怯的行为使整个团都蒙受羞辱。
■To a man of spirit, cowardice and disaster coming togetherare far more bitter than death striking him unperceived at a time whenhe is full of courage and animated by the general hope.
一个怀抱英勇精神的人来说,怯懦和灾难一同席卷而来,当他心中充满勇气并受到希望鼓舞时,这一切远比突然袭击他的死亡还要令他痛苦。
■Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice,
一位明智的作家曾说过:世上没有东西比勇气更温文尔雅,也没有东西比懦怯更残酷无情。
■“Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice,”syas a wise author.
一位明智的作家曾说过:“世上没有东西比勇气更温文尔雅,也没有东西比懦怯更残酷无情。”
■"Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice," syas a wise author.
一位明智的作家曾说过:“世上没有东西比勇气更温文尔雅,也没有东西比懦怯更残酷无情。”
■"Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice," says a wise author.
一位智慧的作家说过:“世界上没有东西比勇气更温文尔雅,也没有东西比怯懦更残酷无情。”
■The three men began to relax in shore. They stared to laugh at their own cowardice.
上了岸的三个人这会儿又轻松起来他们开始嘲笑自己的胆小。
■One commentator in a statenewspaper, the Shanghai Daily, described Mr Fan as a "courageouscoward" for admitting what happened - but added that his courage was notsufficient to exonerate his cowardice.
上海日报的一位评论员将敢于承认事件经过的范美忠描述为“有勇气的懦夫”,同时认为他的大胆言论并无助于减轻他的懦夫的形象。
■However practical and just the case for reform, it must overcome political cowardice, the tabloid media and parents' understandable fears.
不过现实和改革的要求必须战胜政治的懦弱、小报消息和家长情有可原的担心。
■“The recruits rushed into battle so that no one could gibe at them for cowardice.
为了不被别人嘲笑为胆小鬼,新兵们冲进了战场。
■In fact we are the same,cowardice, obdurate, and not want to grow up.
事实上,我们都一样,怯懦,封闭,不想长大。
■Dear, I choose elusion these factses, I admit the oneself the cowardice, fearing to accept the fact.
亲爱的,我选择逃避这些事实,我承认自己懦弱,害怕接受事实。
■They didn't judge him by their own standards: he belonged to an unaccountable class and they didn't at first even attach the idea of cowardice to his actions.
人们没有用自己的标准去衡量他,因为他属于一个别人难以理解的阶层。人们甚至没有把他的行为与胆怯联系起来。
■the mean between foolhardiness and cowardice
介于鲁莽与懦怯之间的中庸
■Is it cowardice to save oneself from persecution?
从迫害中解救自已也叫胆小?
■His failure in applying for the job resulted from his shyness and cowardice.
他之所以没得到工作,是由於他的害羞和胆怯。
■He never knows what cowardice is.
他从不知什么叫胆怯。
■They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice; that only a madman could be guilty of it.
他们告诉我们,自杀是最怯懦的行为,只有疯子才会犯这种罪恶。
■They dignified cowardice by calling it prudence.
他们把怯懦美其名曰为谨慎。
■We despise them for their cowardice and ignorance.
他们由于胆怯和愚昧而受到我们鄙视。
■their efforts were pathetic; pitiable lack of character; pitiful exhibition of cowardice
他们的努力可怜又可鄙;可怜又可鄙的缺乏个性;可怜又可鄙的怯懦表现
■their efforts were pathetic; pitiable lack of character; pitiful exhibition of cowardice.
他们的努力可怜又可鄙;可怜又可鄙的缺乏个性;可怜又可鄙的怯懦表现。
■They taunted the boy with cowardice.
他们讥笑那男孩胆小。
■He lost everything because of his cowardice.
他因为怯懦而失去了一切。
■He was accused of cowardice.
他因怯懦而受到指责。
■He was disgraced by cowardice.
他因胆怯而受辱。
■His cowardice in face of the enemy was contemptible.
他在敌人面前胆小如鼠,真是可鄙。
■The way he dealt with others' provocation is a demonstration of his cowardice.
他处理别人挑衅的的方法证明了他是个懦夫。
■”He then grabbed his musket and joined the attack, apparently cured of his cowardice.
他抓起步枪,和同袍一起冲锋,怯懦之情似乎一扫而空。
■His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice
他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
■He highlighted the case of Harry Farr, 25, who was executed for cowardice in 1916.
他特别举出了哈里·法尔1916年25岁时因怯懦而被处决的例子。
■Mental and moral cowardice, as he now reiterated, inflamed or at least operated on by various lacks in Clyde's early life.
他现在再一次提出说,克莱德早年贫困,这造成了,至少是助长了他心灵上和道德上的懦怯。
■Mental and moral cowardice, as he now reiterted, inflamed or at least operated on by various lacks in Clyde's early life.
他现在再一次提出说,克莱德早年贫困,这造成了,至少是助长了他心灵上和道德上的懦怯。
■But, for a minute or more, not a man of the band moved, and then they went down toward the Mere irresolutely, ashamed of their cowardice.
他的人赫伯特也拔出剑跟随着,但是有一两分钟的时间,队里没有一人移动,然后他们迟疑地走向黑湖,对自己的懦弱感到羞愧。
■He distinguished himself in cowardice.
他的懦弱人人皆知。
■His mood of cowardice had passed away.
他的懦怯情绪化为乌有了。
■His cowardice reflects on his character.
他的胆怯对他的性格带来不良影响。
■His action was a mark of cowardice.
他的行为是怯懦的表现。
■He was deeply aware of his cowardice.
他着实感到胆怯。
■He is more compassionate to women but his lack of masculinity also leads to his cowardice to help Blanche.
他缺乏男性气质,对女性表现出一定的理解和同情,但同时也由于他男性意识的缺乏而使他懦弱无能,不能成为布兰奇的救星。