[cravenly cling to life instead of braving death;care for nothing but saving one's skin;be mortally afraid of death] 一味自愛生命,懼怕死亡。原指士兵作戰(zhàn)因怕死而退縮不前。現(xiàn)在已逐漸產(chǎn)生新義,即凡是在工作中怕臟、怕累、怕危險(xiǎn)等等,皆屬此列

見“ 貪生畏死 ”。