spineless
英['spa?nl?s]
美['spa?nl?s]
- adj. 沒有骨氣的；無脊椎的；懦弱的
中文詞源
spineless 無脊柱的，無脊梁的，沒骨氣的
spine,脊柱，脊椎，-less,無，沒有。引申比喻義懦弱的，沒骨氣的。
英文詞源
- spineless (adj.)
- 1827 of animals (1805 of plants), from spine + -less. Meaning "lacking moral force" is from 1885. Related: Spinelessly; spinelessness.
雙語例句
- 1. How long will I endure the insincere prayers of your spineless subjects?
- 我究竟還要忍耐多久你這種虛情假意的禱告?
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- 2. Teachers usually are pretty spineless , but you university professors are even worse.
- 大凡教書的人總是那么灰色的, 大學教授更甚.
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- 3. My supervisor is a spineless person. He never stands behind his decisions.
- 我的主管是一個沒骨氣的人. 他不敢為他做的決定負責.
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- 4. He's too spineless to ask for more money.
- 他沒有勇氣要求更多的錢.
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- 5. And you can laugh a spineless laugh!
- 懦弱的人們,你們笑吧!
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