lily-livered

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• 英式音标 [ˌlɪl.iˈlɪv.əd]
• 美式音标 [ˌlɪl.iˈlɪv.ɚd]
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基本解释

• adj.胆怯的

同根派生

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英汉例句

双语例句

• But its lily-livered approach might, in fact, be the right one.
  但实际上这种胆小的做法也许是正确的。
• The Tory right cheered, knowing which alternative, non-lily-livered model of prime minister he had in mind.
  托利党右派欢呼雀跃，他们知道他心里想的不胆怯的的替代首相是谁。
• Mr Awad is a former fighter from a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, not a lily-livered pacifist.
  Awad先前是黎巴嫩一座巴勒斯坦难民营的好战分子，而非怯懦的和平主义者。

权威例句

• The more lily-livered Arab states, who shunned Libya, can now perhaps be forgiven, under the latest banner, Arab-African unity.
  ECONOMIST: Libya and Africa

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剑桥英英字典

• cowardly (= not brave)

柯林斯英英字典

• cowardly timid

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