pusillanimous [ˌpjusəˈlænəməs]

例句:

• The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
  当局对暴行只是进行了谴责，真是太胆小怕事了。
  
• The pusillanimous man would not defend his own family.
  软弱无力的人不会保卫他自己的家.
  
• And those old favorites, your friends and mine: sycophantic , phlegmatic , and, of course, top of the bill - pusillanimous.
  而那些过去最受宠的人 —— 你我共同的朋友们,其中有拍马屁的, 冷漠的: 当然, 最招人注意的还有那些胆小怕事的.