No man wants to be thought a craven person. 没有人愿意被认为是懦弱的人。
No man wants to be thought a craven person. 没有人愿意被认为是懦弱的人。
craven
[ noun ]
an abject coward
<noun.person> [ adj ]
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
<adj.all> the craven fellow turned and ran a craven proposal to raise the white flag this recreant knight
Craven \Cra"ven\, n. [Formerly written also cravant and cravent.] A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See {Recreant}, n.
King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath? Fluellen. He is a craven and a villain else. --Shak.
Syn: Coward; poltroon; dastard.
Craven \Cra"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cravened} (-v'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cravening}.] To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs.]
There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. --Shak.
Craven \Cra"ven\ (kr?"v'n), a. [OE. cravant, cravaunde, OF. cravant? struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to break, crush, strike down, fr. an assumed LL. crepantare, fr. L. crepans, p. pr. of crepare to break, crack, rattle. Cf. {Crevice}, {Crepitate}.] Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. ``His craven heart.'' --Shak.
The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. --Sir. W. Scott.
In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. --Macaulay.
Sen. Biden does look a bit craven and foolish because of his inconsistency.
Historians once again are debating whether the pre-war British government, in seeking to appease Hitler's territorial demands in Europe, was abjectly craven or playing for time to rearm.