pusillanimity

n. 怯懦, 胆怯

发音

US /pjuːsɪləˈnɪmɪti/

词形变化

pusillanimities 复数 pusillanimities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.

    可数 不可数

    And although thou often fallest, and seest thy Pusillanimity, and endeavour to get courage, and afflict not thy self; because what God doth not do in forty Years, he sometimes doth in an instant, with a particular Mystery, that we may live low and humble, and know that ‘tis the Work of his powerful Hand, to free us from Sins.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

pusillanimousness

上位词 1

fearfulness

下位词 1

poltroonery

词源

From pusillanim(ous) + -ity, from Middle French pusillanimité, from the ecclesiastical Latin pusillanimis, from pusillus (puny) + animus (spirit) + -ous. A translation of the Greek ὀλιγόψυχος (oligópsukhos, “faint-hearted”).

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