| 单词 | pusillanimous |
| 释义 | pusillanimous (once / 6028 pages) adj You can describe someone who lacks courage as pusillanimous, such as a pusillanimous student who is too afraid to speak out against someone who is bullying others. Its Latin origin — pusillus and animus — tells us that pusillanimous means "very small spirit." If you are pusillanimous, pronounced "pew-sill-AN-ih-mus," you don't have the spirit — or the confidence or drive — to step up when it matters. The pusillanimous person stays quiet, doesn't get involved, waits for someone else to take a stand — not out of laziness, but out of fear. WORD FAMILYpusillanimous: pusillanimity, pusillanimously, pusillanimousness+/pusillanimity: pusillanimities USAGE EXAMPLESWhile other Latin American presidents have been pusillanimous, he has publicly condemned the “interruption in the democratic and constitutional order” in Venezuela, for example. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) Sen. Cruz and Mr. Trump hurled almost as much abuse at what they said were pusillanimous Republican leaders as they threw at Mr. Obama. Wall Street Journal(Oct 26, 2016) But it is important to realize that just as pusillanimous media perform no service, misanthropic ones may not perform a service either. Salon(Sep 08, 2016) adj lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful Syn poor-spirited, unmanly cowardly, fearful lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted |
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