faint-hearted
基本解釋
- adj.膽怯的;怯懦的
英漢例句
- Naturally, faint-hearted investors failed the test.
當(dāng)然,那些膽怯的投資者未能經(jīng)受住市場(chǎng)的考驗(yàn)。 - “Aren’t we here for something?” he would cry to the faint-hearted.
“我們?cè)诖瞬皇菫榱艘恍┲匾聠幔俊?他總是向膽怯者大喊。 - It has not been the path for the faint-hearted - for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame.
這條路一直都不是給不勇敢的人走的,那些偏好逸樂勝過工作,或者只想追求名利就滿足的人。
blog.sina.com.cn - The book is rife with stoically related medical detail so vivid as to make the faint-hearted squirm.
ECONOMIST: New fiction: Frank Huyler - Mr Kato knows that this is the prize, and the proposed reforms are too faint-hearted to win it.
ECONOMIST: Tax reform runs late - However faint-hearted, the Saudi troops initiative was a sign of this new urgency.
ECONOMIST: Arab foreign policy
雙語例句
權(quán)威例句
英英字典
- If you describe someone or their behaviour as faint-hearted, you mean that they are not very confident and do not take strong action because they are afraid of failing.
- If you say that something is not for the faint-hearted, you mean that it is an extreme or very unusual example of its kind, and is not suitable for people who like only safe and familiar things.
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 怯懦的;膽怯的