craven

英 [ˈkreɪvn]

美 [ˈkreɪvn]

adj.  胆小的; 胆怯的; 怯懦的

复数：cravens　

GRETEM8

BNC.13236 / COCA.27015

牛津词典

adj.

• 胆小的；胆怯的；怯懦的
  lacking courage

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 胆小的;懦弱的
  Someone who iscravenis very cowardly.
  1. They condemned the deal as a craven surrender.
     他们谴责这笔交易为毫无志气的投降行为。
  2. ...his craven obedience to his employers.
     他懦弱怕事，对雇主一味地服从

双语例句

• Tim Howard turned in another fine performance, but was unable to prevent Fulham beating Everton at Craven Cottage.
  霍华德又一次有出色的表现，但是却不能阻止富勒姆在克拉文别墅带走3分。
• "I will be excited if she stays here," interrupted Craven, his eyes beginning to look sparkling.
  “如果她能留下来，我会很激动，”克来文插话，他的眼睛开始发光。
• The Frenchman recently refused to sign a new contract which would have made him the highest paid player in Fulham history, so it seems likely that he will leave Craven Cottage this year.
  这名法国人最近拒绝了富勒姆提供的一份创俱乐部历史最高年新纪录的新合同，看来今年他极有可能要离开克拉文农场了。
• "Small businesses are often frightened by their own pricing," says Craven.
  克雷文说：小企业经常被自己的定价吓倒。
• A neighbour saw her talking with Craven
  一个邻居看见她在和克雷文交谈。
• He made no empty promises, nor the craven excuse that his hands were tied by more powerful forces in the world than himself.
  他不许空的诺言，也不找怯懦的借口，说他的手被世界上比他自己更强大的力量束缚住了。
• I know which lords are brave and which are craven, which are loyal and which are venal. I can deliver allies to her.
  我知道如何区分勇武的领主和那些胆小鬼们，哪些是忠犬而哪些仅是些墙头草，我可以为她征召到同盟。
• A California doctor named Lawrence Craven first noted this effect about sixty years ago.
  一个加州劳伦斯·克拉文首先提到医生命名这个效果大约六十年前。
• The chance for Wright-Phillips to score his first Chelsea goal may come at Craven Cottage, if he is selected.
  小赖特-菲利浦斯为切尔西打进自己的第一个入球可能会在打富勒姆的比赛中，如果他选择。
• "He gave us a sense of dignity by not being craven, unlike Egypt's Hosni Mubarak," says one Syrian analyst of Mr Assad's relationship with America.
  “与穆巴拉克不同，阿萨德给我们一种不容侵犯的尊严感”，一位来自叙利亚分析阿陈萨德与美国关系的人士指出。