spinelessly
adverb
uk/ˈspaɪn.ləs.li/us/ˈspaɪn.ləs.li/in a way thatshowsalackofdeterminationand anunwillingnessto take anyrisks:
没有勇气地;无胆量地,怯懦地He spinelesslyagreesto hersuggestion.他毫无骨气地同意了她的建议。
Shebelievesthe Government spinelesslyduckedtheissueof using a zeroemissionsfuel.她认为政府毫无骨气地回避了使用零排放燃料的问题。
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spineless
- You don't have tositback spinelessly andletthingshappen.
- Politiciansyieldspinelessly to theshort-terminterestsoffishermen.
- TheveteranbroadcasterlaidintoMPsfor spinelessly "doing what they're told".
Cowardly
- be afraid of your own shadowidiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- chicken
- chicken out
- craven
- cravenness
- fainthearted
- gutless
- lily-livered
- spineless
- spinelessness
- timid
- timidity
- timidly
- unadventurous
- weak-kneed
- wimp
- wimp out
- wimpy