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单词 pusillanimous
释义
pusillanimous
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌpjuː.sɪˈlæn.ɪ.məs/us
/ˌpjuː.sɪˈlæn.ə.məs/
weakandcowardly(= notbrave);frightenedof takingrisks:
怯懦的，胆小的
He's too pusillanimous tostandup to hisopponents.他太懦弱了，不敢勇敢面对自己的对手。
Synonyms
chickenchild's word
cowardly
cravenformal
fainthearted
lily-liveredliterary
timid
timorousliterary
weak-kneedinformaldisapproving
yellow(NOT BRAVE)informal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cowardly
  • be afraid of your own shadowidiom
  • bottle
  • bottle out
  • chicken
  • chicken out
  • craven
  • cravenness
  • fainthearted
  • gutless
  • lily-livered
  • spinelessly
  • spinelessness
  • timid
  • timidity
  • timidly
  • unadventurous
  • weak-kneed
  • wimp
  • wimp out
  • wimpy
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pusillanimity
pusillanimously
(Definition ofpusillanimousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpusillanimous

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Portrayals of partisan men as feminine,pusillanimous, dandies, or crying babies, all but disappeared during 1844.
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By focusing so cogently on what a 'richer' composer can accomplish through his orchestration, for example, she exposes thepusillanimous, peremptory limits conventional analysts set on musical discourse.
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This argument about the language barrier is about as mean as thepusillanimousmotion which we are discussing.
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The precise answer is nowhere, and no amount ofpusillanimousand pious talk of concordats will alter the realpolitik that will govern.
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I reject that answer as apusillanimousone.
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Surely, we are not sopusillanimousas that?
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Sometimes we are weak, and not all that infrequently we may bepusillanimous.
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I regard that as apusillanimouspoint of view and one which ignores the realities of the world.
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One problem is that the principals of universities are far toopusillanimous.
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I regard that as apusillanimousresponse from our forces of law and order.
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Having budged, we are called "pusillanimouspeople who run away".
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Pusillanimousadvice of that sort does little credit to those who give it.
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I wish to call attention to thepusillanimousand pestiferous poltroonery of a policy which actually releases men who have committed those crimes.
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The hypothesis is that the trustees arepusillanimous, weak-kneed, incompetent and mean spirited because they do not really have the public interest at heart.
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There are very few causes of war which cannot be made by thepusillanimousand the specious to appear trivial.
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