wimp

英 [wɪmp]

美 [wɪmp]

n.  懦夫; 窝囊废

复数：wimps　第三人称单数：wimps　现在分词：wimping　

Collins.1 / BNC.20288 / COCA.16346

短语用例

wimp out (of sth)

• 畏缩而不敢做；怯而不做
  to not do sth that you intended to do because you are too frightened or not confident enough to do it

牛津词典

noun

• 懦夫；窝囊废
  a person who is not strong, brave or confident

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• 软蛋;窝囊废
  If you call someone awimp, you disapprove of them because they lack confidence or determination, or because they are often afraid of things.

英英释义

noun

• a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
  Synonym:chickencrybaby

双语例句

• You can think I'm a wimp if you want.
  您尽可以把我想象成一个循规蹈矩的人。
• What a wimp that boy is!
  那真是个没有骨气的男孩。
• I am a complete wimp when it comes to practicing my Chinese with strangers.
  我是一个完全弱者当与陌生人练习我的汉语时。
• ( Laughter) What a wimp.
  （笑声）真是个懦夫。
• They elected a warrior and they got a wimp.
  人民以为选了个勇士结果却是个懦夫。
• Caricatured as a foreign policy wimp in the2008 election campaign, Barack Obama is now a warrior president.
  在2008年竞选中被漫画讽刺味对外政策懦夫的奥巴马，如今已成为一名战士总统。
• Maybe you cannot really blame him, but Mayor Koch obviously hasn't looked at himself in the mirror lately, especially when he says President Reagan is a wimp.
  也许你实在不应该责备葛市长，他显然最近没照照镜子，尤其他不应该说里根总统是一个窝囊废。
• Am I being a wimp?
  我在说废话吗？
• The strength of belief encourages the protagonist to grow up from a wimp and miserable girl into a totally independent new woman economically and physically.
  这种信仰的力量促使主人公茜莉从一个懦弱可欺的悲苦女性成长为一个无论在经济还是人格上都完全独立的新女性。
• The president now finds himself accused of being both a warmonger for entering the war and a wimp for his lame prosecution of it.
  总统发现他一方面因为参与战争被指责为战争贩子，另一方面因为战争执行不力被称作窝囊废。