faint-hearted

英式音标：[ˈfeɪntˈhɑ:tɪd]

美式音标：[ˈfentˈhɑrtɪd]

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概况：

adj. 怯懦的；胆怯的

词义：

adj.

胆怯的，怯懦的；

英英释义

faint-hearted[ 'feint'ha:tid ]

adj.lacking conviction or boldness or courage

同义词：faintfaintheartedtimid

用法：

权威例句

Faint-hearted

Scalia's Infidelity: A Critique of Faint-Hearted Originalism

Studying Social Development and Learning Disabilities is Not for the Faint-Hearted: Comments on the Risk/Resilience Framework

Not for the faint-hearted: Social and organizational challenges in IT enabled change

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies - Not for the Faint-Hearted

Personal Finance: Buying an ISA Online Is Not for the Faint-Hearted ; ISAs Can Be Bought Online in Several Ways. but You Can Choose ...

Ageing is not for the faint-hearted: are we making it worse? Polypharmacy-related harm in the elderly

Meditation Is Not for the Faint-Hearted

Staunch vs. Faint-hearted Hylomorphism: Toward an Aristotelian Account of Composition

Efficient fish not faint-hearted

同义词：unmanly,nidering,dastard,cowardly,chicken

英语词源：

faint-hearted (adj.)

"cowardly, timorous," c. 1400, from faint (adj.) + hearted. Related: Faint-heartedly; faint-heartedness; faint-heart.

造句：

1. The faint-hearted lion ran away.

那只胆小的的狮子逃跑了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted.

缺少勇气；可耻的胆

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

3. And the head popped back again; and we heard no more, for the time, of these six very faint-hearted seamen.

那脑袋赶紧缩了回去，在一段时间内，我们没有再听到这六个被吓破了胆的水手有任何动静。

-- 来源 -- 英汉文学 - 金银岛 - jinyindao16

4. Our guide, who by the way was a wretched faint-hearted fellow, bid us keep in a ready posture.

我们的带路人（他原来是一个胆小如鼠的可怜虫）嘱咐我们做好准备。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. So I am not the only one to be faint-hearted in the regard.

可见怕回信的人，原不止我一个。

-- 来源 -- 汉英文学 - 散文英译 - mzjy_chisucunxin

6. It is not hard to see why. He was faint-hearted.

这个为什么是不难看出的：他太优柔寡断了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

7. He lashed his faint-hearted men with his tongue.

他斥责他怯懦的部下。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句