pusillanimous

英式音标：[ˌpju:sɪˈlænɪməs]

美式音标：[ˌpjusəˈlænəməs]

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概况：

adj. 胆怯的；懦弱的；优柔寡断的

词义：

adj.

懦弱的，胆怯的；

英英释义

pusillanimous[ ,pju:si'læniməs ]

adj.lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

同义词：poor-spiritedunmanly

用法：

权威例句

Pusillanimous Stimulus

Pusillanimous Pussyfooting?

Pusillanimous parliamentarians

Pusillanimous retreat in Afghanistan

The pusillanimous Denis: What "U.p: up"really Breens

Letter from the Editor: Pusillanimous Stimulus

Pusillanimous Warrior:A Brief Analysis of Lu Xun's Standpoint of Youth Revolution

A makeshift or pusillanimous politics? Another prism to nuclear deal

NON-ANGEL ANGELS FOR A PUSILLANIMOUS PATRIARCH: HINOJOSA'S "JACOB MOSQUEDA"

The Student Personnel Administrator: Pusillanimous Pussycat or Tempestuous Tiger?.

同义词：lily-livered,chicken

同根词：pusillanimous,pusillanimity

英语词源：

pusillanimous

pusillanimous: [16] Pusillanimous means etymologically ‘tiny-spirited’. It comes from late Latin pūsillanimis, a compound adjective formed from pūsillus ‘very small or weak’ (a descendant of the same base as produced Latin puer ‘child, boy’, source of English puerile) and animus ‘mind, spirit’ (source of English animate).=> animal, animate, puerile

pusillanimous (adj.)

early 15c., from Late Latin pusillanimis "having little courage" (used in Church Latin to translate Greek oligopsychos "small-souled"), from Latin pusillis "very weak, little" (diminutive of pullus "young animal;" see foal (n.)) + animus "spirit, courage" (see animus). Related: Pusillanimously; pusillanimousness.

造句：

1. The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.

当局过于懦弱，仅仅谴责了这场暴力行为。

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2. The pusillanimous elephant ran away at the sight of the mouse.

胆小的大象一看见老鼠就跑掉了。

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3. His failure to help the old man who was being robbed was pusillanimous.

他的胆怯促使他未能援助被行抢的老人。

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4. His failure to help the old man who was being robbed was pusillanimous.

他的胆怯促使他未能援助被行抢的老人。

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5. The pusillanimous man would not defend his own family.

软弱无力的人不会保卫他自己的家。

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6. pusillanimous adj.

无气力的；胆怯的；优柔寡断的

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7. The state or quality of being pusillanimous;cowardice.

胆小，懦弱怯懦的状态或品质；胆小

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8. those old favorites, your friends and mine:sycophantic, phlegmatic, and, of course, top of the bill - pusillanimous

而那些过去最受宠的人——你我共同的朋友们，其中有拍马屁的，冷漠的：当然，最招人注意的还有那些胆小怕事的。

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