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cowardly adj.懦弱的；卑怯的；胆小的adv.懦弱地；卑怯地；胆小地 (1) 他的懦弱的行为遭到了同事们的嘲笑。(2) 她指责政府畏首畏尾屈从于大企业的利益。 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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英 ['kaʊədli] 美 ['kaʊədli] (1) His cowardly behavior was laughed at by his colleagues.(2) She accused the government of a cowardly surrender to big-business interests. 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. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]胆小的；懦弱的 If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.   [disapproval]I was too cowardly to complain.我太胆小，不敢抱怨。...a cowardly act of violence.懦弱的暴力行为

英语单词	cowardly
英美音标	英 ['kaʊədli] 美 ['kaʊədli]
中文释义	adj.懦弱的；卑怯的；胆小的 adv.懦弱地；卑怯地；胆小地
英语例句	(1) His cowardly behavior was laughed at by his colleagues. (2) She accused the government of a cowardly surrender to big-business interests.
中文例句	(1) 他的懦弱的行为遭到了同事们的嘲笑。 (2) 她指责政府畏首畏尾屈从于大企业的利益。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]胆小的；懦弱的 If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things. [disapproval] I was too cowardly to complain. 我太胆小，不敢抱怨。 ...a cowardly act of violence. 懦弱的暴力行为

Cowardly Afraid 英 Kaʊədli] 美 Kaʊədli Adj.懦弱的；卑怯的；胆小的 Adv.懦弱地；卑怯地；胆小地 Behavior