| 词汇 | craven |
| 释义 | craven adjective formaldisapprovinguk /ˈkreɪ.vən/ us /ˈkreɪ.vən/ very cowardly (= not at all brave): 怯懦的，懦弱的，胆小的 a craven act of terrorism恐怖主义的懦弱行径 Politicians are too craven to tackle this problem. I felt a craven desire to escape the whole situation. The government is seeing the results of its craven attempts to appease the extremists. He is nothing but a craven opportunist. They are attempting to pass off craven pragmatism as high principle. Are we being cooperative, or are we just craven? Cowardly be afraid of your own shadowidiom bottle bottle out chicken chicken out fainthearted gutless lily-livered pantywaist pusillanimity spinelessness timid timidity timidly timorous unheroic weak-kneed wimp wimp out wimpy Related wordcravenly Synonymschickenchild's word cowardlydisapproving fainthearted lily-liveredliterary pusillanimousformal timid timorousliterary weak-kneedinformaldisapproving yellow(NOT BRAVE)informal craven noun[ C ] formalold-fashioneddisapprovinguk /ˈkreɪ.vən/ us /ˈkreɪ.vən/ a person who is not at all brave and who is too eager to avoid danger, difficulty, or pain: I thought I was brave but I am a coward, a craven. Synonym coward This was the response of a craven, and is in keeping with the recent behaviour of the entire organization. Heroes and cowards adventurer baby chicken coward cur fallen idol fighter folk hero frit have-a-go hero hero knight errant marshmallow pantywaist piker scaredy-cat superhero superheroine wimp Examples of cravencraven Everything else about the book followed, more or less fortuitously, from that essentially craven and self-protective move. One might redeem oneself through faith or works up to a point, but in practice, unless intellectuals were kept in a state of craven fear, they persisted in making trouble. We are faced with a piece of nauseous and craven party pleading. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not shrink from this mighty task out of any craven fear of being great. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Its ghastly, fawning apologies and its craven justifications will not be broadcast directly, so television interviewers will not be able to challenge it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The spirit that infused some of the remarks that we have heard can only be described as craven. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the craven consensus fobbed us off with trivial party sniping and phoney polarisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a man wants to keep his fellow-countrymen out of war, you call him craven? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not to have done so would have been an act of the most craven appeasement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, many actions are settled and very often the newspapers have been extremely craven in not fighting the cases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We ask for no more; we should be cravens to take less. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A picture has been drawn of craven politicians hampering their admirals and generals in their bold designs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree with him that there is "craven, ill-informed opportunism" in the document. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The crisis came and brought the answer to any craven fear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be a short-sighted and a rather craven estimate of present needs and future prospects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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