pusillanimous
pusillanimous 英 [ˌpju:sɪˈlænɪməs] 美 [ˌpjusəˈlænəməs]
adj. 胆怯的；懦弱的；优柔寡断的
- You can describe someone who lacks courage as pusillanimous, such as a pusillanimous student who is too afraid to speak out against someone who is bullying others.
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- adj. 胆怯的；懦弱的；优柔寡断的
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1. pusillanimous managers complain that they're forced to make these cuts by short-term oriented investors.
优柔寡断的经理人往往抱怨，他们削减此类开支是因为受到目光短浅的投资者的压力。
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2. I admire Ms. Retik’s work partly because she offers an antidote to the pusillanimous anti-Islamic hysteria that clouds this anniversary of 9/11.
我很佩服Retik女士，部分原因是她为这个911周年纪念日萦绕着的胆怯的反伊斯兰情绪带来了一剂解毒剂。
- 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," from PIE root *pau- (1) "few, little") + animus "spirit, courage" (see animus). Related: Pusillanimously; pusillanimousness.
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