喜樂美語
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    /ˈkaʊərdli/ · /ˈkaʊədli/

    Not brave at all: too afraid to do what you know you should do. It is also used for an action that is unfair, because the person who does it stays safe while the person it hurts cannot answer back.

    膽小的；懦弱的

    比較級 more cowardly最高級 most cowardly

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

You can picture someone who backs away from the thing they know they should face — and, because they stay out of reach, the danger lands on someone else instead.

一個人明知該站出來面對，卻往後退、躲到安全的地方。重點不只是「怕」——人怕是很正常的——而是怕到讓自己躲開，結果該承…更多收起一個人明知該站出來面對，卻往後退、躲到安全的地方。重點不只是「怕」——人怕是很正常的——而是怕到讓自己躲開，結果該承受的那一下就落到別人身上。這也是為什麼 cowardly 不只用來說人（膽小到不敢面對），也用來罵一件事情做得不光明：從背後偷襲、匿名寫惡意的信、五個人打一個，做的人全程都待在安全的位置，被打的那個卻沒有還手的餘地。

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

cowardlyadj/ˈkaʊədli/

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    Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.

    • The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
    • 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.

cowardlyadv/ˈkaʊədli/

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    archaicIn the manner of a coward, cowardlily.

    • We will not ſteale vpon him cowardly, But giue him warning and more warriours.
    • I love to follow them, but not so cowardly, as my life remaine thereby in subjection.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。