V2EX cowardice

Cowardice

释义 Definition

名词 (n.) 怯懦;胆小;懦弱。指在面对危险、困难或痛苦时缺乏勇气的品质或表现。

发音 Pronunciation

/ka.r.ds/

例句 Examples

He was ashamed of his cowardice during the fight.
他为自己在冲突中的怯懦感到羞耻。

It would be an act of cowardice to remain silent while others suffer injustice, for silence in the face of wrongdoing is itself a betrayal.
当他人遭受不公时保持沉默是一种懦弱的行为,因为面对错误时的沉默本身就是一种背叛。

词源 Etymology

cowardice 源自古法语 couardise,由 couard(懦夫)加上名词后缀 -ise 构成。couard 一词据信来自拉丁语 cauda(尾巴),形象地比喻"夹着尾巴逃跑的动物",生动地描绘了害怕退缩的姿态。该词在13世纪进入英语,长期以来一直用于描述缺乏面对恐惧之勇气的品质。

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文学作品 Literary References

  • 在莎士比亚的《尤利乌斯凯撒》(Julius Caesar)中有名言:"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."(懦夫在真正死亡之前已死过无数次;勇者一生只死一次。)这里 cowardice 的概念贯穿全剧。
  • 在哈珀李的《杀死一只知更鸟》(To Kill a Mockingbird)中,阿提克斯芬奇将真正的勇气与怯懦进行了深刻的对比,探讨了道德勇气与道德懦弱的主题。
  • 在斯蒂芬克莱恩的《红色英勇勋章》(The Red Badge of Courage)中,主人公亨利弗莱明在战场上与自身的 cowardice 进行了激烈的内心搏斗,是文学史上对怯懦心理最细腻的刻画之一。
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