wimp

英 [wɪmp]

美 [wɪmp]

n.  懦夫; 窝囊废

复数：wimps　第三人称单数：wimps　现在分词：wimping　

Collins.1 / BNC.20288 / COCA.16346

短语用例

wimp out (of sth)

• 畏缩而不敢做；怯而不做
  to not do sth that you intended to do because you are too frightened or not confident enough to do it

牛津词典

noun

• 懦夫；窝囊废
  a person who is not strong, brave or confident

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• 软蛋;窝囊废
  If you call someone awimp, you disapprove of them because they lack confidence or determination, or because they are often afraid of things.

英英释义

noun

• a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
  Synonym:chickencrybaby

双语例句

• The more she called her husband a wimp, the more timid he became.
  她越叫她先生懦夫，他就越胆小怯懦。
• Am I being a wimp?
  我在说废话吗？
• The strength of belief encourages the protagonist to grow up from a wimp and miserable girl into a totally independent new woman economically and physically.
  这种信仰的力量促使主人公茜莉从一个懦弱可欺的悲苦女性成长为一个无论在经济还是人格上都完全独立的新女性。
• Like I was a wimp who wasn't the leader of our group.
  好像我是个头，但事实上我不是。
• Content Abstract: Arnold and his sister Rose give two bullying classmates a taste of their own medicine when Arnold decides he doesn't have to be a wimp anymore.
  内容简介：在阿诺德下决心不再做个懦夫之后，他和妹妹罗丝设法让两个经常欺负他们的同学尝了他们自制的药。
• She said that the widely accepted stereotype is that any boy close to his mom will be a sissy, a wimp, forever dependent and never a man who can have a healthy relationship.
  她说，人们广泛地持有某种成见，就是任何与母亲太亲密的男孩都是娘娘腔和软骨头，永远都会依赖他人，也永远不会拥有健康的感情关系。
• What a wimp that boy is!
  那真是个没有骨气的男孩。
• Am I being appropriately cautious or just a Luddite ( i.e., reflexively anti-progress) wimp?
  我是不是开始慢慢谨慎起来，还是我只是个胆小的勒德分子？
• The president now finds himself accused of being both a warmonger for entering the war and a wimp for his lame prosecution of it.
  总统发现他一方面因为参与战争被指责为战争贩子，另一方面因为战争执行不力被称作窝囊废。
• I was a wimp.
  我是个窝囊废。