Cowardice
['kaʊədɪs] or ['kaʊɚdɪs]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.
校對:托妮
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Pusillanimity, poltroonery, timidity, fear, cowardliness, the white feather.
編輯:罗伊
例句/造句/用法:
- Go and obscenity in the milk of thy cowardice, Pilar said to him. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Yes, he said, there are all the evils which we were just now passing in review: unrighteousness, intemperance, cowardice, ignorance. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- You have accused me of cowardice. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- We say people show the white feather when they display cowardice, because a white feather in a bird marks a cross breed, and it is not found on a fighting game-cock. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Few people had discovered some cowardice and much infirmity of purpose under this imposing exterior. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- There is a base alloy of moral cowardice in my composition. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She had spoiled the remembrance of Frederick's visit to herself by her own cowardice. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Think not I speak to thee only to excite thy terror, and practise on the base cowardice thou hast derived from thy tribe. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- That remains of the cowardice of this moment. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The smell of cowardice is too strong here. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I know too much about thee and thy cowardice. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; I come back ignorant and disappointed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The soul too has her own corrupting principles, which are injustice, intemperance, cowardice, and the like. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- They would but laugh in their sleeves and attribute his reason for wishing to leave the ship to but one thing--cowardice. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- As the period fixed for our marriage drew nearer, whether from cowardice or a prophetic feeling, I felt my heart sink within me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
錄入:罗莎莉