名詞 cowardice:

1. the trait of lacking courage
   同義詞：cowardliness

1. I've been accused of many things in my life, but never of cowardice.
   我一生中受過種種指責(zé)，但從來沒有人說我怯懦。
2. Such an act of cowardice by an officer shames his whole regiment.
   一個(gè)軍官作出如此膽怯的行為使整個(gè)團(tuán)都蒙受羞辱。
3. German writer whose novellas and dramas, including The Broken Pitcher(1811), concern characters torn between reason and emotion and between heroism and cowardice.
   克萊斯特，亨利?！ゑT1777－1811德國作家，他的中篇小說和戲劇包括破甕記(1811年), 其中涉及了人物在理智和情感、英雄主義和懦弱之間的折磨
4. His cowardice in face of the enemy was contemptible.
   他在敵人面前膽小如鼠，真是可鄙。

cow.ard.ice

n.（名詞）
Ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain.
膽怯：面對危險(xiǎn)和疼痛時(shí)的不恐懼

來源：
Middle English cowardise
中古英語 cowardise
from Old French couardise
源自 古法語 couardise
alteration of couardie
couardie的變化
from couard [coward] * see coward
源自 couard [懦夫] *參見 coward