pusillanimous
英[ˌpjuːsɪ'lænɪməs] 美[ˌpjuːsɪ'lænɪməs]
1.胆怯的；怯懦的
If you say that someone ispusillanimous, you mean that they are timid or afraid.
e.g. The authorities have been toopusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
当局对暴行只是进行了谴责，真是太胆小怕事了。
1. 胆怯的：status 地位 |pusillanimous 胆怯的 | parsimonious 吝啬的
2. 懦弱的：pusillanimity 无气力 |pusillanimous 懦弱的 |pusillanimously 胆怯地
3. pusillanimous
3. 懦弱的,胆小的：blasphemous 对神不敬的 | polysemous 多义的,有多种解释的 |pusillanimous 懦弱的,胆小的
4. pusillanimous的意思
4. 懦弱,胆怯的：magnanimous 心地高尚,度量宽大的 |pusillanimous 懦弱,胆怯的 | unanimous 意见一致,全体一致的
The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
当局过于懦弱，仅仅谴责了这场暴力行为。
The pusillanimous elephant ran away at the sight of the mouse.
胆小的大象一看见老鼠就跑掉了。
His failure to help the old man who was being robbed was pusillanimous.
他的胆怯促使他未能援助被行抢的老人。
