craven
craven 英 [ˈkreɪvn] 美 [ˈkrevən]
adj. 畏缩的；怯懦的 n. 懦夫
名词复数:cravens
- A craven man is no Superman or Spiderman, nor is he a firefighter or a soldier. A craven man is the opposite of those guys: he has not an ounce of courage.
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- adj. 畏缩的；怯懦的
- n. 懦夫
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1. The worst problem with contemporary art is this suspension of critical faculties, the craven readiness to say the new and the cool must be great, by definition.
有关当代艺术的最糟糕的问题是批判能力的缺失，怯懦准备说，按照定义，新潮的、酷的必定是伟大的。
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2. Even when Chinese officials uncharacteristically go public with inflammatory claims to the whole of Arunachal Pradesh, for instance the Indian response has been one of craven kow-towing.
甚至当中国官员一反常态公开煽动性的领土主张（例如，对整个阿鲁纳恰尔邦的领土主张），印度的反应一直是叩头的懦夫的反应。
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3. But broadcasters can't afford to be so craven.
不过，广播电台可承受不起这种怯懦的行为。
- craven (adj.) c. 1200, cravant "defeated, vanquished, overcome, conquered," apparently adapted from Old French cravent "defeated, beaten," past participle of cravanter "to strike down, to fall down," from Latin crepare "to crack, creak" (see raven). The sense, apparently affected by crave, shifted from "defeated" to "cowardly" (c. 1400) perhaps via intermediary sense of "confess oneself defeated." As a noun, "an acknowledged coward," 1580s. Related: Cravenly; cravenness.
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