pusillanimously
adverb formal uk/ˌpjuː.sɪˈlæn.ɪ.məs.li/ us/ˌpjuː.sɪˈlæn.ə.məs.li/
怯懦地，胆小地
in a way that is weak and cowardly (= not brave), or frightened of taking risks
Rugged individualism was pusillanimously surrendered. 桀骜不驯的个人主义被怯懦地放弃了。
The big corporations have fallen pusillanimously in line. 大公司已经胆怯地退缩了。
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- She pusillanimously turned her back on the trade deal.
- Next year the opera moves to its new home, which the authorities pusillanimously refuse to call an opera house.
- Our culture has pusillanimously surrendered to the new prohibitionism.