faint-hearted
['feint'ha:tid]
- adj. 怯懦的；胆怯的
词态变化
名词: the faint-hearted;
英文词源
- faint-hearted (adj.)
- "cowardly, timorous," c. 1400, from faint (adj.) + hearted. Related: Faint-heartedly; faint-heartedness; faint-heart.
实用场景例句
- [复数]The climb is not for the faint-hearted (= people who are not brave) .
- 这次攀登绝不是缺乏勇气的人能进行的。
牛津词典
- This is no time to be faint-hearted...
- 现在不是怯懦的时候。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The voters may be ready to punish the politicians who devised a faint-hearted solidarity pact.
- 选民们也许已经作好准备，去惩罚那些制订了懦弱的团结协定的政客。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It's a film about a serial killer and not for the faint-hearted.
- 这部电影是讲一个连环杀手的，不适合胆小的人看。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was always faint hearted as a child.
- 作为一个小孩,他通常胆小懦弱.
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- He lashed his faint - hearted men with his tongue.
- 他斥责他怯懦的部下.
辞典例句
- It is not a job for the faint hearted.
- 心脏不强健的人可能做不来这份工作.
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