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单词 wimp
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wimp

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwimpwimp1 /wɪmp/ noun [countable] informal  1 BRAVEsomeone who has a weak character and is afraid to do something difficult or unpleasant Don’t be such a wimp!2 STRONG PERSONa man who is thin and physically weakwimpish, wimpy adjectiveExamples from the CorpuswimpNo wonder Graham was a bit of a wimp.Jack supposed he was a bit of a wimp, with his dislike of rugby and love of photography.Which man wants to admit that he's a wimp and needs to assert himself?He seemed angry with her for some reason but John's a wimp.Don't be such a wimp, Simon. Tell her you want to break up.Knowing full well that I was a wimp at heart, it was refreshing to be treated as something else.What a wimp, I thought.Because they don't risk money, corporate financiers are considered wimps by traders.Today, the high-powered financiers on whom Michael Douglas's character was modelled might add that tax is also for wimps.wimpwimp2 verb   wimp out→ See Verb tableOrigin wimp1 (1900-2000) Perhaps from whimper
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