cravenly
基本解释
- adv.胆怯地；胆小地
英汉例句
- It is bad enough for a person to cravenly seek power while remaining in ignorance.
一个人因为无知而趋炎附势就已经很糟糕了。 - Do you choose to cravenly lick our boots and give us what we want, or to stand and fight us in a heroic but doomed last stand?
你要选择卑微的跪吻我们的鞋子， 然后乖乖献上贡品呢， 还是决定在你死前像个英雄似的对抗我们呢？ - As Tom Shone observes in his insightful book, “Blockbuster”, Hollywood spends nearly all its money and energy working out what teenagers want and cravenly giving it to them.
正如汤姆•寿恩在其见解深刻的《流行作品》一书中评论的，好莱坞花费了几乎全部的钱财和精力，创作出青少年们喜欢的东西并怯生生地交给他们。 - So far, the Obamaphile media have cravenly neglected to give this the space it clearly deserves.
ECONOMIST: The Democrats - Would Americans who surrendered so cravenly to McCarthyism, when only their jobs were at risk, really have defied a life-threatening tyranny?
ECONOMIST: New York opinion-makers - But when the religious parties in his coalition objected, Mr Netanyahu cravenly caved in, causing the biggest secular party, Kadima, to secede from his government.
ECONOMIST: Israel needs to solve a problem with its most religious Jews