pusillanimous是什么意思_pusillanimous怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

pusillanimous: pusillanimous: [16] Pusillanimous means etymologically ‘tiny-spirited’. It comes from late Latin pūsillanimis, a compound adjective formed from pūsillus ‘very small or weak’ (a descendant of the same base as produced Latin puer ‘child, boy’, source of English puerile) and animus ‘mind, spirit’ (source of English animate).
=> animal, animate, puerile
pusillanimous (adj.): early 15c., from Late Latin pusillanimis "having little courage" (used in Church Latin to translate Greek oligopsychos "small-souled"), from Latin pusillis "very weak, little" (diminutive of pullus "young animal;" see foal (n.)) + animus "spirit, courage" (see animus). Related: Pusillanimously; pusillanimousness.

词态变化

1. The authorities have been too pusillanimous 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。

3. And those old favorites, your friends and mine: sycophantic , phlegmatic , and, of course, top of the bill - pusillanimous.: 而那些过去最受宠的人 —— 你我共同的朋友们,其中有拍马屁的, 冷漠的: 当然, 最招人注意的还有那些胆小怕事的.

cowardly 懦弱的

craven 懦弱的

yellow 黄色的

timid 胆怯的

nervous 神经的，神经细胞的，神经...

faint-hearted 胆怯的

lily-livered 胆怯的

fearful 担心的

spineless 无脊椎的

tremulous 颤抖的

poor-spirited 无气力的

unmanly 无男子气概的...

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pusillanimous-----"怕"see animals-------胆小的