单词 | weak-kneed |
释义 | ˌweak-ˈkneed adjective informal BRAVEDECIDElacking courage and unable to make your own decisions 懦弱的;缺乏决断力的Examples from the Corpusweak-kneed• For many years Jack Benny had a comic character on his programs named Mr Shlepperman-a timid, weak-kneed character.• a weak-kneed coward• The other two, a couple of weak-kneed cowards, had thought that was enough and run off.• Criticisms of solipsism should therefore count as criticisms of the weak-kneed scepticism embodied in foundationalism.• He stood there like a weak-kneed schoolboy who'd impulsively confessed to stealing the headmaster's wallet.ˌweak-ˈkneed adjectiveChineseSyllable courage and lacking to make own your Corpus unable |
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