cowardice

名词 cowardice:

1. the trait of lacking courage
   同义词：cowardliness

1. I've been accused of many things in my life, but never of cowardice.
   我一生中受过种种指责，但从来没有人说我怯懦。
2. Such an act of cowardice by an officer shames his whole regiment.
   一个军官作出如此胆怯的行为使整个团都蒙受羞辱。
3. German writer whose novellas and dramas, including The Broken Pitcher(1811), concern characters torn between reason and emotion and between heroism and cowardice.
   克莱斯特，亨利希·冯1777－1811德国作家，他的中篇小说和戏剧包括破瓮记(1811年), 其中涉及了人物在理智和情感、英雄主义和懦弱之间的折磨
4. His cowardice in face of the enemy was contemptible.
   他在敌人面前胆小如鼠，真是可鄙。

cow.ard.ice

n.（名词）
Ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain.
胆怯：面对危险和疼痛时的不恐惧

来源：
Middle English cowardise
中古英语 cowardise
from Old French couardise
源自 古法语 couardise
alteration of couardie
couardie的变化
from couard [coward] * see coward
源自 couard [懦夫] *参见 coward