If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
例句
I was too cowardly to complain.我太胆小,不敢抱怨。...a cowardly act of violence.懦弱的暴力行为
英汉词典释义
adj.
胆小的;怯懦的;(似)胆小的
Management was feeble and cowardly.管理部门软弱无力、胆小怕事。There’s something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.这种态度有点怯懦可鄙。To declare war against the small island state looks like the action of a cowardly nation.向一个小小的岛国宣战,看来像是一个怯懦国家的行为。
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted;
"cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley