cowardly

🇺🇸 /ˈkaʊərdli/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkaʊədli/
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adjective
R

not brave; afraid to do things that others find easy

He acted in a cowardly way by running from the small dog.

他从小狗面前逃跑,表现得非常懦弱。

R

done to someone who cannot fight back

It was a cowardly act to hit someone who was sleeping.

殴打正在睡觉的人是一种懦弱的行为。

translation

adj. 胆小的, 欺软怕硬的