spineless

英 [ˈspaɪnləs]

美 [ˈspaɪnləs]

adj.  没有骨气的; 怯懦的; 无脊椎的; 无脊柱的; 无刺的

TOEFLGRE

BNC.33163 / COCA.27444

牛津词典

adj.

• 没有骨气的；怯懦的
  weak and easily frightened
• 无脊椎的；无脊柱的
  having no spine (= the long bone in the back)
• 无刺的
  having no spines (= sharp parts like needles)

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 没有骨气的;懦弱的
  If you say that someone isspineless, you mean that they are afraid to take action or oppose people when they should.
  1. ...bureaucrats and spineless politicians.
     官僚和懦弱的政客们

英英释义

adj

• lacking thorns
  Synonym:thornless
• lacking spiny processes
  1. spineless fins
• weak in willpower, courage or vitality
  Synonym:namby-pambygutlesswishy-washy
• lacking a backbone or spinal column
  1. worms are an example of invertebrate animals
  Synonym:invertebrate

双语例句

• Paris'Tower, London's police-so spineless.
  巴黎铁塔，伦敦警察。
• You spineless* soulless son of a bitch.
  你个没骨气、无情无义的混蛋！
• The spineless diplomacy demonstrated at Munich, and more recently in Paris and New York, achieves nothing.
  在慕尼黑，还有更近些的巴黎、纽约的软骨头外交什么也没有得到。
• How come a spineless sea squirt like you has a date.
  像你这样的海鞘怎么还会有人和你谈恋爱。
• Even South Africa, whose spineless president, Thabo Mbeki, is still refusing to criticise Mr Mugabe outright, has begun to turn against him.
  甚至连南非都开始反对他了，南非总统塔博·姆贝基是个软弱的家伙，他一直拒绝直率的批评穆加贝先生。
• A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.
  小型无刺的球状仙人掌；威廉斯仙人球花之源。
• He's boring and spineless.
  他又无聊又没骨气。
• He's too spineless to ask for more money.
  他没有勇气要求更多的钱。
• He was a yellow gutless worm; a spineless craven fellow.
  他是个胆小的、没勇气的可怜虫；一个软弱、胆小的家伙。
• Stabilising world population should be the number-one priority and yet the politicians are "too spineless" to talk about such a thorny issue.
  稳住世界人口应当是头等大事，但政客们“太过懦弱”，不敢谈论这样一个有争议的问题。