cowardly 基本解释
- adj. 怯懦的，懦弱的；胆小的
- adv. 胆怯地
cowardly 词态变化
名词: coward;
cowardly 英文词源
- cowardly (adj.)
- 1550s, from coward + -ly (1). The adverb (late 14c.) is much older than the adjective:
Yit had I levir do what I may Than here to dye thus cowerdelye ["Le Morte d'Arthur," c. 1450]
An Old English word for "cowardly" was earg, which also meant "slothful." Related: Cowardliness.
cowardly 英文释义
- 1. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted;
- "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
cowardly 双语例句
- 1. That was sporting of him. Or should I say cowardly.
- 他风格真高。或者我是否应该说他很懦弱？
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. This was a cowardly thing to do.
- 做这种事是懦弱的行为。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I was too cowardly to complain.
- 我太胆小，不敢抱怨。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was weak, cowardly and treacherous.
- 他软弱、胆怯、奸诈。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
- 这种态度有点怯懦可鄙.
来自《简明英汉词典》
cowardly 实用场景例句
- That was sporting of him. Or should I say cowardly.
- 他风格真高。或者我是否应该说他很懦弱？
柯林斯例句
- This was a cowardly thing to do.
- 做这种事是懦弱的行为。
柯林斯例句
- He was weak, cowardly and treacherous.
- 他软弱、胆怯、奸诈。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
- 这种态度有点怯懦可鄙.
《简明英汉词典》
- We shall unmask that cowardly cheat.
- 我们要拆穿那个卑劣骗子的假面具.
《简明英汉词典》
- Management was feeble and cowardly.
- 管理部门软弱无力、胆小怕事.
《简明英汉词典》
- They felt he had been cowardly in manipulating the system to avoid the draft.
- 他们觉得他太没种，居然钻漏洞逃避服役。
柯林斯例句
- I'm cowardly about things that remind me of myself.
- 我对那些使我回忆起往事的东西总感到胆怯.
辞典例句
- The trouble is, people are so cowardly - won't face the facts.
- 麻烦的是人们都是那样胆小― ― 不愿面对现实.
辞典例句
- He commenced blubbering himself, and hurried out to hide his cowardly agitation.
- 他自己也开始哭起来, 又连忙跑出去去掩盖他那怯弱的感情.
辞典例句
- The cowardly officer was disgraced for failing to do his duty.
- 这卑怯的官员因不尽职而被解职.
辞典例句
- He thought it would be cowardly to draw back.
- 他认为后退就是示弱.
辞典例句
- The cowardly attack broke her.
- 这一懦怯的攻击把她打垮了.
辞典例句
- He thought the letter cowardly and hypocritical.
- 他认为这封信写得既怯懦又伪善.
辞典例句
- They are cowardly, and are always anticipating danger.
- 他们胆小怯懦, 总是提防着危险.
辞典例句
