N-UNCOUNT 惧怕;胆小;懦弱Cowardice is cowardly behaviour. 惧怕;胆小;懦弱
He openly accused his opponents of cowardice.
他公然指责对手胆小懦弱。
SYN faint-heartedness, weakness, softness, fearfulness
Quotations
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardiceConfuciusAnalects
`I cannot do this. This is too much for me. I shall ruin myself if I take this risk. I cannot take the leap, it's impossible. All of me will be gone if I do this, and I cling to myself'J.N.Figgis
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COWARDICE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤moral, political道義上的/政治上的懦弱◇It is an act of moral cowardice for a society to neglect its poor.對於一個社會來說,忽視窮人是道義上懦弱的一種表現。VERB + COWARDICE➤show表現出怯懦▸➤accuse sb of指責某人膽小PHRASES➤an act of cowardice, cowardice in the face of the enemy怯懦行為;臨敵而懼◇Any soldier displaying cowardice in the face of the enemy was shot.所有臨陣懼敵的士兵都被槍斃了。