namby-pamby

音标/读音 [英 [ˌnæmbi ˈpæmbi] 美 [ˌnæmbɪ'pæmbɪ]]
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◎ 单词释义

adj.感伤的;矫饰的

n.矫饰;感伤的人

名词复数: namby-pambies

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noun

1. an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

adj

1. weak in willpower, courage or vitality

Synonym: gutlessspinelesswishy-washy

1.

1. (无生气的,易伤感的人):lovey-dovey (多情的), | namby-pamby (无生气的,易伤感的人), | palsy-walsy (要好的),

2. 感伤的:namaycush 湖红点鲑 | namby-pamby 感伤的 | name after 按...命名

3. 感伤的人:namatium 溪河群落 | namby-pamby 感伤的人 | name-calling 骂人

4. 伤感的人:standby 可靠的人 | namby-pamby 伤感的人 | booby 呆子,傻瓜

以上就是本站详细整理的词语namby-pamby是什么意思的翻译解释,供大家参考一下。

namby-pamby的用法及例句:

It is a clinic, not a spa: there's no namby-pamby faffing around with rose petals and whale music.(它是一家诊所,而不是一个水疗吧:没有矫柔感伤地在玫瑰花瓣和鲸鱼音乐环绕之下无事瞎忙。)

There’s no namby-pamby faffing around with rose petals and whale music.(没有玫瑰花瓣和鲸鱼音乐的陪伴。)

All this might sound a bit namby-pamby to pioneers like Sister Dong (who says that she hasn’t had a holiday for 20 years) and Zhang Yin (who boasts that: “My success came from my character”).(种种这些对于董姐(她称自己已经20年没休过假)以及张茵(她骄傲地称性格塑造了她的成功)来说,似乎太娇气了些。)

Rugby classes have kicked out of my five-year-old Freddie some of that namby-pamby “Can’t I stay in and watch Pop Girl?” stuff; even my daughter Emilia claims to enjoy it.(橄榄球已经被我那五岁的儿子佛雷迪完全踢到一边,还总是用可怜巴巴的“我不能待在家里看流行女孩吗?”之类的理由,甚至是我的女儿艾米丽亚也说更喜欢看那些节目。)

Though immaculately clean and comfortable, and in a beautiful setting, it is a clinic, not a spa: there’s no namby-pamby faffing around with rose petals and whale music.(它虽然非常清洁舒适,环境优美,毕竟是一家诊所,而不是一个水疗吧:没有矫柔感伤地在玫瑰花瓣和鲸鱼音乐环绕之下无事瞎忙的感觉。)

These weren't namby-pamby fights..but brutal affairs.