单词	wimpish, wimpy
释义	wimpwimp1 /wɪmp/ noun [countable] informal Word Origin WORD ORIGINwimp1 Origin: 1900-2000 Perhaps from whimper Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Because they don't risk money, corporate financiers are considered wimps by traders. Don't be such a wimp, Simon. Tell her you want to break up. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He seemed angry with her for some reason but John's a wimp. Jack supposed he was a bit of a wimp, with his dislike of rugby and love of photography. Knowing full well that I was a wimp at heart, it was refreshing to be treated as something else. No wonder Graham was a bit of a wimp. Today, the high-powered financiers on whom Michael Douglas's character was modelled might add that tax is also for wimps. What a wimp, I thought. Which man wants to admit that he's a wimp and needs to assert himself? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatornot brave► cowardly not brave: · He was too cowardly to say what he meant.· It was a cowardly attack on unarmed civilians.· NATO today condemned the incident, calling it a senseless and cowardly act. ► coward someone who is not brave enough to do something dangerous or unpleasant that they should do: · He called me a coward, because I wouldn't fight.· Perhaps I should have turned back but I didn't want to be known as a quitter and a coward.be a coward about something: · She knew she was an awful coward about going to the dentist. ► spineless someone who is spineless is too weak to say what they really think because they are afraid of what might happen or what other people might say -- use this to show disapproval: · Don't be spineless -- you have to stand up to people like that.· The President has been accused of being spineless in the face of naked aggression. ► wimp informal someone who is afraid to do something you want them to do or think they should do, so that you think they are annoying or do not respect them - often used humorously: · Don't be such a wimp, Simon. Tell her you want to break up.· Because they don't risk money, corporate financiers are considered wimps by traders. 1someone who has a weak character and is afraid to do something difficult or unpleasant:  Don’t be such a wimp!2a man who is thin and physically weak—wimpish, wimpy adjective
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