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单词 namby-pamby
释义
namby-pamby
adjective
informaldisapproving
uk
/ˌnæm.biˈpæm.bi/us
/ˌnæm.biˈpæm.bi/
weak,silly, oremotional:
软弱的；愚蠢的
Shethinkswe're abunchof namby-pambyliberals.她很可能认为我们是一帮软弱的自由主义者。
Opposite
gutsyinformal
Synonyms
gutlessinformal
spinelessdisapproving
wishy-washyinformaldisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Weakness and vulnerability
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  • be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
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  • helplessness
  • house of cardsidiom
  • human
  • impotence
  • soft target
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  • submissively
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  • watery
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Stupid and silly
(Definition ofnamby-pambyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnamby-pamby

namby-pamby
Many reduplications are of this sort - dilly-dally, harum-scarum, humdrum, mumbo-jumbo,namby-pamby.
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That is the view of our magistrates, and no one can say that we have verynamby-pambymagistrates there—we do not.
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It is thenamby-pambypeople who get up this legislation for this country.
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If we were to adopt what is proposed or started to take anamby-pambyattitude about it, we should need our heads examined.
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But now we have anamby-pambyfear of committing ourselves to anything.
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The magistrates are rathernamby-pambyabout applying a fine of £50, if that is the maximum, and apply only a fine of £10 or £20.
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This new development is regarded by many people as being somewhatnamby-pambytowards the prisoners.
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In my view, they are toonamby-pambyfor words.
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It may be that these nations are undulynamby-pambyand squeamish in their attitude to environmental issues.
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Compared with earlier days we are like anamby-pambychurch tea party.
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He seemed to have anamby-pambyand softly, softly approach to the necessary law and order.
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It would be wrong to think that the opponents of corporal punishment are people of a soft,namby-pambydisposition.
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In all these matters their policies are feeble andnamby-pamby.
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Thisnamby-pambyscheme under which a few houses are thrown at us is worth less than nothing.
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Let us make no mistake about it; let us not benamby-pambyabout it.
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