If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
例句
I was too cowardly to complain.我太膽小，不敢抱怨。...a cowardly act of violence.懦弱的暴力行為
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
膽小的;怯懦的;(似)膽小的
Management was feeble and cowardly.管理部門(mén)軟弱無(wú)力、膽小怕事。There’s something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.這種態(tài)度有點(diǎn)怯懦可鄙。To declare war against the small island state looks like the action of a cowardly nation.向一個(gè)小小的島國(guó)宣戰(zhàn),看來(lái)像是一個(gè)怯懦國(guó)家的行為。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted;
"cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley