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

• 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。
• "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。
• If you think of God as that craven image, then I think that is not very commendable, but if the reason for not loving craven images, you know idols, because they are things and God is pure spirit.
  如果你认为上帝是猥琐的形象，那么我想，那是不值得赞扬的，但是如果，不爱猥琐形象的原因，你们知道偶像，因为他们是物体，而上帝是纯精神。
• Doctor Craven believed that the bleeding took place because aspirin prevented blood from thickening.
  医生富勒姆相信出血发生因为阿司匹林预防血液从增厚。
• Three more Reds could be in opposition on Wednesday when South Korea take on Denmark in a friendly at Craven Cottage.
  韩国周三将在克拉文别墅和丹麦打一场友谊赛。
• "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。
• 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 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。
• At that moment, hundreds of miles away in Yorkshire, Colin was seeing the secret garden for the first time, and saying,' I'm going to live for ever and ever and ever!' But Mr Craven did not know this.
  也就在那一刻，在几百英里外的约克郡，柯林第一次见到了秘密花园，正在说着，我会永远永远活下去！
• 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。