pusillanimity

基本解釋

Polls, however, suggest the Japanese are crying out for leadership on the issue, not pusillanimity.
但民意調(diào)查表明，在這個問題上，日本國民迫切需要的是領導責任而不是優(yōu)柔寡斷。
Some reckon its failure to unearth masses of new information is down to a mix of mendacious reticence on the part of key witnesses and the pusillanimity of their inquisitors.
一些人承認，沒能發(fā)現(xiàn)大量的新信息是由于關鍵證人的虛假的沉默和審判者的膽怯。
Joseph has brought the Holy Family to safety from the rage of Herod, but they are moving towards the pusillanimity of Pilate, the balancing pole of wickedness in the mystery plays.
約瑟夫帶來了神圣家族的安全從希律王的憤怒，但他們是朝著彼拉多膽怯，對邪惡的神秘平衡桿移動次。

Her adherents like to blame this on the moral pusillanimity and irrationality of the readers.
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If, come the next election or the one after, the Tories are still spitting into the wind of constitutional change, Mr Hague's caution may seem pusillanimity.
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In fact, such pusillanimity strengthens the Communists, who some time ago abandoned calls for a return to Soviet days and become a party of extreme nationalists.
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