Cowardly



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 胆小的
• ［英］ adj. 胆小的 ( lacking courage)
• ［例］ cowardly lies, behavior, actions

Webster Collegiate

I. adverb

• Date: 14th century
• in a cowardly manner

II. adjective

• Date: 1551
• being, resembling, or befitting a coward cowardly retreat
• ? cowardliness noun
• Synonyms:
  • cowardly, pusillanimous, craven, dastardly mean having or showing a lack of courage. cowardly implies a weak or ignoble lack of courage cowardly failure to stand up for principle. pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage<the pusillanimous fear of a future full of possibility. craven suggests extreme defeatism and complete lack of resistance<secretly despised her own craven yes-men. dastardly often implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous dastardly attack on unarmed civilians.

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