craven

发音

英 [ˈkreɪvn]word uk audio image

美 [ˈkrevən] word us audio image

  • adj.
    懦弱的,胆小的
  • adv.
    胆小地,懦弱地
  • n.
    懦弱,胆小

单词词源

craven 胆小的

词源不详。可能来自词根crep, 破碎,劈里叭啦,词源同decrepit, discrepancy. 原指被打败的,后指被打怕的,因而胆小的。

双语例句

1. Craven : the beijing paralympic games were the most grandiose .
克雷文:北京残奥会是最宏伟的。
2. The relationship was sometimes friendly , sometimes tense , but always close-and rarely craven on the part of the media firm .
二者关系时而友好时而紧张,但总是很密切;而且媒体公司方面很少有怯懦的时候。
3. Russia 's contemporary intelligentsia-the should-be followers of the example of solzhenitsyn , sakharov and the other dissident intellectuals of the soviet period-is not just supine but in some ways craven ( see article ) .
俄罗斯当代的知识分子萨哈罗夫和其他异议知识分子,这些理所应当成为索尔仁尼琴的追随者的知识分子不仅对此漠不关心而且甚至很懦弱。
4. Mr craven doesn 't want you to wander all over the house !
克莱文先生可不想看见你在房子里乱逛!
5. If mr singh pulls back hard on reforms , he will look craven and cowed by an ally a tenth his party 's size .
如果singh先生努力撤回改革,他将会显得怯懦,被一个规模及他的党派十分之一的同盟恐吓。

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