cowardly
英 ['kaʊədlɪ]
美
英語の語源
- cowardly (adj.)
- 1550s, from coward + -ly (1). The adverb (late 14c.) is much older than the adjective:
Yit had I levir do what I may Than here to dye thus cowerdelye ["Le Morte d'Arthur," c. 1450]
An Old English word for "cowardly" was earg, which also meant "slothful." Related: Cowardliness.
例文
- 1. That was sporting of him.Or should I say cowardly .
- 彼はスタイルが高い。あるいは私は彼が臆病だと言うべきでしょうか。
- 2.This was a cowardly thing to do.
- そんなことをするのは気の弱い行為だ。
- 3.I was too cowardly to complain.
- 私は臆病で文句を言う勇気がありません。
- 4.He was weak, cowardly and treacherous.
- 彼は弱い、臆病、ずるい。
- 5.There 's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
- このような態度は少し臆病で卑怯だ。
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