cravenness
noun[U]
formaluk/ˈkreɪ.vən.nəs/us/ˈkreɪ.vən.nəs/thequalityof beingextremelycowardly(= notbrave):
胆怯，胆小Thesituationis madeworseby the cravenness ofpoliticiansinrefusingtotackleit.政客们出于怯懦不愿解决这个问题，使情况变得更糟。
- Ministerial cravenness hasdestroyedwhat wasleftofpolicemorale.
- The cravenness ofsuccessivegovernmentshas beenshownintheirunwillingnessto make anydecisionscontraryto theinterestsof the super-rich.
- We shouldbegdivineforgivenessforourcravenness,ourcowardicein thefaceofbullieslike Stalin and Hitler.
- Thisabsurdcontroversyhasrumbledon,producingendlesssuppliesof cravenness, buck-passing,hypocrisyanddeceit.
Cowardly
- be afraid of your own shadowidiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- chicken
- chicken out
- craven
- fainthearted
- gutless
- lily-livered
- pusillanimity
- spinelessly
- spinelessness
- timid
- timidity
- timidly
- unadventurous
- weak-kneed
- wimp
- wimp out
- wimpy