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词汇 cowardly
释义
cowardly
adjective disapproving uk/ˈkaʊ.əd.li/ us/ˈkaʊ.ɚd.li/
B2 怯懦地
(of an action) showing that someone is not at all brave and is too eager to avoid danger, difficulty, or pain
This was a particularly brutal and cowardly attack. 这是一次特别残忍和懦弱的攻击。
They are guilty of a cowardly failure to address the problem. 他们因懦弱而未能解决问题,为此感到内疚。
It was cowardly not to own up to the mistake.
Synonyms: chicken craven fainthearted lily-livered pusillanimous timidweak-kneed yellow (NOT BRAVE)
Related word: coward
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  • They think we're weak and cowardly.
  • Was he too decent to do it, or simply too cowardly?
  • They tried to characterize him as a cowardly shirker of responsibility.
  • He said he was the victim of a cowardly campaign of character assassination.
  • I think it was a cowardly way for management to go about things.
  • Their failure to ask tough questions and hold their leaders to account is cowardly in the extreme.
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