spineless

英 [ˈspaɪnləs]

美 [ˈspaɪnləs]

adj.  没有骨气的; 怯懦的; 无脊椎的; 无脊柱的; 无刺的

TOEFLGRE

BNC.33163 / COCA.27444

牛津词典

adj.

• 没有骨气的；怯懦的
  weak and easily frightened
• 无脊椎的；无脊柱的
  having no spine (= the long bone in the back)
• 无刺的
  having no spines (= sharp parts like needles)

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 没有骨气的;懦弱的
  If you say that someone isspineless, you mean that they are afraid to take action or oppose people when they should.
  1. ...bureaucrats and spineless politicians.
     官僚和懦弱的政客们

英英释义

adj

• lacking thorns
  Synonym:thornless
• lacking spiny processes
  1. spineless fins
• weak in willpower, courage or vitality
  Synonym:namby-pambygutlesswishy-washy
• lacking a backbone or spinal column
  1. worms are an example of invertebrate animals
  Synonym:invertebrate

双语例句

• 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。
• He's boring and spineless.
  他又无聊又没骨气。
• 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。
• He was a weak and spineless creature.
  他是个软弱、没有骨气的家伙。
• 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。
• 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。
• You spineless* soulless son of a bitch.
  你个没骨气、无情无义的混蛋！
• Paris'Tower, London's police-so spineless.
  巴黎铁塔，伦敦警察。
• 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。
• 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。