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Cowardly I Lacking Afraid Kaʊədli Boy Night 当我还是个小孩时,我胆小得晚上不敢出门

Front cowardly
Pron ['kaʊədli]
Back 【COWARDLY】
When I was a boy, I was too cowardly to go out at night.
当我还是个小孩时,我胆小得晚上不敢出门。
【重点词汇】
cowardly adj. 胆小的 反: brave
Vocab
cowardlylacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

Someone who is acting cowardly is showing no courage. A politician who is afraid to tell the truth about his shadowy past can be described as cowardly.

Use the adjective cowardly to talk about a person whose knees knock together with fear, especially when he or she is afraid of doing the right thing. A famous example of a cowardly character is the Cowardly Lion from "The Wizard of Oz," who pretended to be ferocious but was actually lacking bravery.

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