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

• She said that the widely accepted stereotype is that any boy close to his mom will be a sissy, a wimp, forever dependent and never a man who can have a healthy relationship.
  她说，人们广泛地持有某种成见，就是任何与母亲太亲密的男孩都是娘娘腔和软骨头，永远都会依赖他人，也永远不会拥有健康的感情关系。
• 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。
• Stop being such ( a baby/ wimp/ crybaby).
  别（象个小孩子似的/这么没用/那么易哭）。
• Content Abstract: Arnold and his sister Rose give two bullying classmates a taste of their own medicine when Arnold decides he doesn't have to be a wimp anymore.
  内容简介：在阿诺德下决心不再做个懦夫之后，他和妹妹罗丝设法让两个经常欺负他们的同学尝了他们自制的药。
• But being a little bit of a wimp is what compromise is all about.
  不过要妥协就意味着要有点懦弱。
• 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。
• Like I was a wimp who wasn't the leader of our group.
  好像我是个头，但事实上我不是。
• The more she called her husband a wimp, the more timid he became.
  她越叫她先生懦夫，他就越胆小怯懦。
• My husband was a prize wimp.
  我的丈夫是一流的脓包。
• Cory: I'm not trying to be critical. I'm just pointing out that you look like a wimp. It's better I tell you now than that you go to school looking like that.
  柯瑞：我不是要挑你毛病，我只是告诉你你看起来很「娘」，现在告诉你总比让你以那付德行到学校来得好。