spineless

US [ˈspaɪnləs]
UK ['spaɪnləs]
  • adj.没有骨气的；怯懦的；无脊椎的；无脊柱的
  • Web没骨气的；没脊梁；懦弱的

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spineless
adj.
1.
没有骨气的；怯懦的weak and easily frightened
2.
无脊椎的；无脊柱的having no spine (= the long bone in the back)
3.
无刺的having no spines(= sharp parts like needles)

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AllAll,没有骨气的没有骨气的,怯懦的怯懦的,无脊椎的无脊椎的,无脊柱的无脊柱的,没骨气的没骨气的,没脊梁没脊梁,懦弱的懦弱的
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1.
At least you're not one of those "spineless" elites with an Ivy League education, like President Obama, who can't feel anything.
至少你不是那种没骨气的常春藤高校毕业生，比如奥巴马总统，对万事漠不关心。
zhì shǎo nǐ bú shì nà zhǒng méi gǔ qì de cháng chūn téng gāo xiào bì yè shēng , bǐ rú ào bā mǎ zǒng tǒng , duì wàn shì mò bù guān xīn 。
article.yeeyan.org
2.
Even South Africa, whose spineless president, Thabo Mbeki, is still refusing to criticise Mr Mugabe outright, has begun to turn against him.
甚至连南非都开始反对他了，南非总统塔博·姆贝基是个软弱的家伙，他一直拒绝直率的批评穆加贝先生。
shèn zhì lián nán fēi dōu kāi shǐ fǎn duì tā le , nán fēi zǒng tǒng tǎ bó · mǔ bèi jī shì gè ruǎn ruò de jiā huo , tā yì zhí jù jué zhí shuài de pī píng mù jiā bèi xiān sheng 。
blog.ecocn.org
3.
India is ruled by an impotent eunch that barks when his mistress sais so. Do not expect tough talk from the spineless eunch.
印度被一帮性无能的妻管严统治着，别指望这些家伙能硬起来。
yìn dù bèi yī bāng xìng wú néng de qī guǎn yán tǒng zhì zhe , bié zhǐ wàng zhè xiē jiā huo néng yìng qǐ lái 。
www.bing.com
4.
And a fellow Republican, Thomas Ognibene, who would also like the mayor's job, has called him "spineless" .
而他的共和党同僚、同样也对市长的职位垂涎三尺的ThomasOgnibene，则指责他胆小怕事、毫无骨气。
ér tā de gòng hé dǎng tóng liáo 、 tóng yàng yě duì shì zhǎng de zhí wèi chuí xián sān chǐ de ThomasOgnibene , zé zhǐ zé tā dǎn xiǎo pà shì 、 háo wú gǔ qì 。
www.ecocn.org
5.
At a time of crisis, why are Britain's politicians so spineless?
危急时刻，为何英国政治家如此懦弱？
wēi jí shí kè , wèi hé yīng guó zhèng zhì jiā rú cǐ nuò ruò ?
ecocn.blogbus.com
6.
Likewise, the coup plotters insisted, the weak and spineless Soviet president and party boss, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, had to go.
同样，政变行动的策划者一致认为，软弱而无骨气的苏联总统和党的总书记米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫也必须下台走人。
tóng yàng , zhèng biàn xíng dòng de cè huà zhě yí zhì rèn wéi , ruǎn ruò ér wú gǔ qì de sū lián zǒng tǒng hé dǎng de zǒng shū jì mǐ hā yī ěr · gē ěr bā qiáo fū yě bì xū xià tái zǒu rén 。
dongxi.net
7.
Nodding in agreement with everything, regardless of the message, makes you look somewhat sycophantic , perhaps even spineless .
不管别人说什么都点头附和的行为，显得你溜须拍马、毫无骨气。
bù guǎn bié rén shuō shén me dōu diǎn tóu fù hè de xíng wéi , xiǎn de nǐ liū xū pāi mǎ 、 háo wú gǔ qì 。
www.hjenglish.com
8.
It's as if getting a job somehow drains all the free will out of people and turns them into spineless cowards.
人们有份工作后，自由意志好像都莫名其妙地被排干了，全变成了没骨气的胆小鬼。
rén men yǒu fèn gōng zuò hòu , zì yóu yì zhì hǎo xiàng dōu mò míng qí miào de bèi pái gān le , quán biàn chéng le méi gǔ qì de dǎn xiǎo guǐ 。
www.elanso.com
9.
Gul'dan: Spineless cowards! I said move!
古尔丹：一群孬种！我叫你们前进！
gǔ ěr dān : yì qún nāo zhǒng ! wǒ jiào nǐ men qián jìn !
hi.baidu.com
10.
Branches usually flattened, leaflike, with a stout midrib, soft, spineless.
通常扁平，叶状的分枝，具一粗壮中脉，柔软，无刺。
tōng cháng biǎn píng , yè zhuàng de fēn zhī , jù yī cū zhuàng zhōng mài , róu ruǎn , wú cì 。
www.flora.ac.cn