pusillanimous
adj. 懦弱的,胆怯的
If you say that someone is pusillanimous, you mean that they are timid or afraid.
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。
1. lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
The pusillanimous man would not defend his own family.
软弱无力的人不会保卫他自己的家.