spineless

美 [ˈspaɪnləs]英 [ˈspaɪnləs]
  • adj.没骨气的;没有骨气的;无刺的;怯懦的;无脊椎的;无脊柱的
spinelessspineless

adj.

1

没有骨气的;怯懦的
weak and easily frightened

2

无脊椎的;无脊柱的
having no spine (= the long bone in the back)

3

无刺的
having no spines (= sharp parts like needles)

spineless

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  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED 没有骨气的;懦弱的
    If you say that someone is spineless, you mean that they are afraid to take action or oppose people when they should.

    ...bureaucrats and spineless politicians.

    官僚和懦弱的政客们

adj

1
lacking thorns
Synonym: thornless
2
lacking spiny processes
spineless fins
3
weak in willpower, courage or vitality
Synonym: namby-pamby gutless wishy-washy
4
lacking a backbone or spinal column
worms are an example of invertebrate animals
Synonym: invertebrate

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  1. My supervisor is a spineless person . He never stands behind his decisions .

    我的主管是一个没骨气的人。他不敢为他做的决定负责。

  2. Because you look like a spineless sea slug , that 's why .

    那是因为你是一个没有骨气的海虫。

  3. 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。

  4. Dreams of us together , then I was spineless laugh awake .

    梦到我们在一起了,然后我就很没有骨气的笑醒了。

  5. They are losing respect for you and see you as spineless .

    他们会认为你没骨气,便不再怎么尊重你。

  6. He 's too spineless to ask for more money .

    他没有勇气要求更多的钱。

  7. spineless or cowardly . Calm and controlled in trying circumstances ;

    (紧急情况下)冷静的,沉着的.【口】傲慢的;

  8. 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。

  9. She was a weak and spineless creature .

    她是个软弱而没有骨气的人。

  10. He was a weak and spineless creature .

    他是个软弱、没有骨气的家伙。

  11. 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。

  12. It is hard to imagine that a person does not have a spine , but spiritually some people are indeed spineless .

    人没有脊骨是不可想象的,不过精神上有些人确实没有脊骨。

  13. 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。

  14. You spineless * soulless son of a bitch .

    你个没骨气、无情无义的混蛋!

  15. The heroine of Chinese literature back to the original identity has completely lost the courage when disguising as a man and gone back to the spineless woman .

    中国文学的女主人公一旦回到原来的身份就完全失去男装时的胆识,又回到懦弱无力的女人。

  16. 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。

  17. He 's boring and spineless .

    他又无聊又没骨气。

  18. You pathetic , spineless fools .

    你们这些可悲的、软弱的傻瓜。

  19. I 'm a lying , spineless , brownnosing jellyfish

    我是条撒谎,没有骨气拍马屁的水母

  20. 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。

  21. Meanwhile plenty of Democrats on the left grumble privately that the president 's handling of the crisis has been inept , spineless - and all too typical .

    与此同时,许多左翼的民主党人私下里抱怨总统处理危机的方式既笨拙又软弱,毫无新意。

  22. Chueh-hsin became a man with a split personality . In the old society , in the midst of his old-fashioned family , he was a spineless , supine Young Master ;

    于是他变成了一个有两重人格的人:在旧社会里,在旧家庭里他是一个暮气十足的少爷;

  23. Paris'Tower , London 's police-so spineless .

    巴黎铁塔,伦敦警察。

  24. In answering these questions , spineless non-executive directors would be discouraged from fudging answers by the promise of a prison sentence should they fail to be candid .

    为了防止没有脊梁骨的非执行董事捏造答案,不妨立法规定,如果他们没有坦诚回答,就可能面临牢狱之灾。

  25. Any of various deciduous , spineless shrubs of the genus ribes , native chiefly to the northern hemisphere and having flowers in racemes and edible , variously colored berries .

    醋栗任一种主要产于北半球的茶子属落叶无刺灌木,开有总状花序的花朵,结可食用的且色彩多样的浆果。

  26. Instead of answering , Alice spies a white rabbit dressed rather nattily and decides to leave the spineless son of a lord behind and follow the rabbit down a hole at the base of a large tree .

    爱丽丝没有做出答复,她看见了一只穿着整洁的白兔,于是决定把爵爷那个没骨气的儿子抛在一边,跟着那只兔子滑进了大树根下的洞穴。