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pusillanimously
adverb
formaluk /ˌpjuː.sɪˈlæn.ɪ.məs.li/ us /ˌpjuː.sɪˈlæn.ə.məs.li/
in a way that is weak and cowardly(= not brave), or frightened of taking risks: 怯懦地，胆小地
Rugged individualism was pusillanimously surrendered. 桀骜不驯的个人主义被怯懦地放弃了。
The big corporations have fallen pusillanimously in line.大公司已经胆怯地退缩了。
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pusillanimous
She pusillanimously turned her back on the trade deal.
Next year the opera moves to its new home, which the authorities pusillanimously refuse to call an opera house.
Our culture has pusillanimously surrendered to the new prohibitionism.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cowardly
be afraid of your own shadowidiom
bottle
bottle out
chicken
chicken out
cravenness
fainthearted
gutless
lily-livered
pantywaist
spinelessness
timid
timidity
timidly
timorous
unheroic
weak-kneed
wimp
wimp out
wimpy
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