cowardly

英 ['ka??dl?] 美
  • adj. 怯懦的，懦弱的；膽小的
  • adv. 膽怯地
TEM4低頻詞

詞態(tài)變化

名詞:?coward;

英文詞源

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.

雙語例句

1. That was sporting of him. Or should I say cowardly.
他風(fēng)格真高。或者我是否應(yīng)該說他很懦弱？

來自柯林斯例句

2. This was a cowardly thing to do.
做這種事是懦弱的行為。

來自柯林斯例句

3. I was too cowardly to complain.
我太膽小，不敢抱怨。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He was weak, cowardly and treacherous.
他軟弱、膽怯、奸詐。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
這種態(tài)度有點怯懦可鄙.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》