cowardice

英['kaʊədɪs]美['kaʊərdɪs]
  • n. 懦弱

    • 记忆方法

    词根词缀法
    coward 胆小鬼 + ice 性质，行为，情况 → 胆怯
      noun(名词)
      1. 怯懦

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 怯懦

      Cowardice prevented me from doing what I knew I should do.

      懦弱使我无法做我知道自己应该做的事情。

      You can accuse me of cowardice, but I still wouldn't fight in a war.

      你可以指责我懦弱，但我仍然不会去打仗。

    小知识

    Cowardice is a lack of bravery. If you run away screaming when your Uncle Marvin shows up to the Halloween party in a clown mask, you will betray your cowardice — particularly if you're not a child.

    The opposite of courageousness is cowardice. For example, not standing up for someone who's being bullied shows cowardice. The origin of the words coward and cowardice has been traced to the Latin word for “tail,” coda, showing a connection with a popular phrase that describes cowardice: “walking away with their tails between their legs.”

    实用短语

    1. moral cowardice

      道义上的怯懦

    2. courage and cowardice

      勇敢和怯懦,英勇和勇敢

    3. forgive my cowardice

      原谅我的胆怯,原谅我的懦弱

    4. i do not tolerate cowardice

      我无法忍受懦弱的人,我无法容忍懦弱的人

    5. wind of cowardice

      胆怯之风

    6. dauntless cowardice

      大胆胆怯

    7. don't mistake generosity for cowardice

      勿将宽容误为怯懦

    8. base cowardice

      卑怯

    9. abject cowardice

      可鄙的怯懦行为

    单词用法

    词根词缀
    后缀 -ice 表名词，“性质，行为，情况” avarice n. 贪婪 avar 渴望 + ice 性质，行为，情况 → 贪婪 cowardice n. 胆怯 coward 胆小鬼 + ice 性质，行为，情况 → 胆怯 crevice n. 裂缝 crev 裂开 + ice 性质，行为，情况 → 裂缝 justice n. 正义，公正 just 正义的 + ice 性质，行为，情况 → 正义，公正 malice n. 恶意 mal 坏 + ice 性质，行为，情况 → 恶意 notice n. 注意；通知 not 知道 + ice 性质，行为，情况 → 知道以后才会引起注意 → 注意 service n. 服务 serv 服务 + ice 性质，行为，情况 → 服务

    词根词缀

    后缀: -ice

    表名词,”行为,状态”

    • n.

      avarice 贪财,贪婪

      avar渴望+ice行为,状态→渴望状态→贪心

      caprice 反复无常;任性

      capr山羊+ice行为,状态→像山羊一样乱蹦→任性

      cowardice 胆小,懦弱

      coward懦弱的人,胆小的人+ice行为,状态→n.胆小,懦弱

      crevice 缺口,裂缝

      crev裂开+ice行为,状态→n.缺口,裂缝

      malice 恶意;蓄意犯罪

      mal坏+ice行为,状态→n.恶意;蓄意犯罪

      novice 生手,新手

      nov新+ice表示人→n.生手,新手

    • n.&v.

      splice 接合,衔接

      spli=split分裂+ice行为,状态→由分裂反推成衔接

    同义词

    n.怯懦,懦弱,胆小

    weak-heartedness  /  cold  /  yellow  /  pusillanimity  /  chicken-heartedness  /  weak  /  knees  /  chicken  /  faint-heartedness  /  funk  /  dastardliness  /  streak  /  feet  /  cowardliness  /  recreancy  /  heart  /  cravenness  /  timidity

    反义词

    n.怯懦

    heroism  /  valor  /  bravery

    其他释义

    audacity  /  courage

    同根词

    词根：cowardly

    adj.

    cowardly怯懦的，懦弱的；胆小的

    adv.

    cowardly胆怯地