It is not merely that they have been timorous or silent where they should have spoken out , or even that they have unwisely compromised .
不仅在该大声疾呼的时候胆怯或沉默,甚至已经不明智的妥协了。
Hshe is as timorous as a rabbit .
她胆小得像只兔子。
Like a timorous bird you fly to my breast with eager love .
像一只羞怯的鸟,你满怀热爱地飞到我胸前。
Even so the timorous yelping of the hounds .
非但如此,那群犬的惊叫。
Highwaymen and the prisoner has not a timorous air .
可是这位囚犯却没有胆小怕事的神气。
New occupants were too timorous to complain to the landlord about the high rent .
新房客胆子太小,不敢向房东抱怨房租太高。
She 's no timorous violet when it comes to behaving out her favorite plays in front of vast audiences .
当在广大观众前演出她喜爱的剧码时,她并非羞怯的人。
A class of politicians seems to have been up to no good for a long period of time , and to have assumed that the timorous french justice system would never act .
一干政客似乎长期惹是生非,且想当然地认为法国懦弱的司法系统永远不可能起作用。
I know them to be vain , ignorant , greedy , and timorous , capable of almost anything for the sake of success , or for raising themselves in esteem ( even in their own eyes ) , or simply for avoidance of suffering .